The Family Journal Quotes

“There is a time for all seasons,” he quoted Scripture. “A time to break down and a time to build up. You’ve had your time to break down, and now it’s your time to build up. Don’t punish yourself for what you didn’t do.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“I’m still a little bitter, but my precious mama used to tell me that there was no room in a heart for both love and hate. She said that hate would soon eat up its half of the heart and want more and more until soon there would be no love left for anyone.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“There’s a difference between love and being in love, and also in liking a person. Love is akin to lust, and lasts a few minutes a day. In love is deeper than that. But, honey, you better like him first and foremost, because that goes beyond all the rest. It’s what’s left when you’re old and lust isn’t there anymore for health reasons. It’s the glue that holds a marriage together,” Vera told her.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“What Wyatt had done or hadn’t done was on him. She had a bright future ahead of her—hopefully sharing every minute of it with Mack and her children.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“There is a time for all seasons,” he quoted Scripture. “A time to break down and a time to build up. You’ve had your time to break down, and now it’s your time to build up. Don’t punish yourself for what you didn’t do. Just put all that behind you and move forward.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Once a mother, always a mother, no matter the age or the era.” Truer words have never been spoken.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Guilt trips never take you anywhere. Her mother’s old adage came to mind.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“I may never see my daughter again. My son says he has no intentions of ever coming back to the cursed south again. A part of me admires him for his conviction; the other part wants to shake him until his teeth rattle even though he’s a grown man.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“What did I do wrong with my children? Everett tries to comfort me, but I feel like a complete failure.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Lily had two kids who’d disappointed her, but like Ophelia, she still loved them both—even if both of them had pulled some crazy stunts. A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“How did I fail my son so much that he’d betray what we believe? What great sin have I committed that I have to bear this burden?”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“He's horrible, Mama. Why didn't you give him away at birth?”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“that.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“God uses whatever is at hand to work His miracles”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“like him first and foremost, because that goes beyond all the rest. It’s what’s left when you’re old and lust isn’t there anymore for health reasons. It’s the glue that holds a marriage together,”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“didn’t ask if you loved him or even if you were in love with him. I asked if you like him.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“there was no room in a heart for both love and hate. She said that hate would soon eat up its half of the heart and want more and more until soon there would be no love left for anyone.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Guilt trips never take you anywhere”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“and NPD stands for narcissistic personality disorder. It means that he’s got exaggerated feelings of self-importance, a need for self-admiration, and a lack of empathy. People with that problem spend too much time worrying about success in everything, as well as their personal appearance. They tend to take advantage of the people around them. The problem usually starts early in childhood. He should’ve had some kind of therapy when he was a little boy.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“I’ve come to realize that you can love someone but not like them,”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Friends and family, and a man who loved her just the way she was. Life didn’t get a bit better than that!”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Just remember, when you’re old and alone, money makes a really poor companion.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“my precious mama used to tell me that there was no room in a heart for both love and hate.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“The tenderness of his mouth barely touching hers and his drawl combined to send a heat flash through her whole body. If that brief contact created such an effect, a relationship might burn down the house.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

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― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Grief was the same, no matter what caused it.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“She leaned toward dark hair and was drawn to blue eyes.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“sometimes a door opens that isn’t really a risk, but an opportunity.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal

“Be sure not to wash your white things with red or you’ll have pink underwear.”
― Carolyn Brown, The Family Journal