All the Children Are Home Quotes

“You don’t do anything by yourself in this world, and if it’s worth anything, it’s not just for yourself, either. You’re either lifting up the people around you, or you’re pulling them down, whether you know it or not.”
― Patry Francis, All the Children Are Home

“I don’t care. Cause when you see a scrap of pretty in this world, you gotta stop and give it a little respect.”
― Patry Francis, All the Children Are Home

“Winning’s never about what anyone else does. It’s something that happens between you and yourself. You don’t look to the left or the right. You just jump in the water and swim with everything you have. You swim for your life, Ma, and when you reach the finish line and look up, whoever you thought you were competing against is gone. Poof.”
― Patry Francis, All the Children Are Home

“First of all, Ma never wanted to take credit for anything. She wanted the glory--and everything else--to go to us. And second--she's more a part of it than I like to admit. Yeah, I did the work, but every test I took, every paper I wrote, she was there with me. Her face when she opened the report card, or when I handed her a paper with the word 'Excellent' written across the top was my rocket fuel.... You know what it says in the Talmud? Every blade of grass has an angel that stands over it, whispering, Grow, Grow. That was Ma. That was the work of her life.”
― Patry Francis, All the Children Are Home

“Winning’s never about what anyone else does. It’s something that happens between you and yourself.”
― Patry Francis, All the Children Are Home

“But the face I would always remember best was the one that never made the pictures. The one behind the camera.”
― Patry Francis, All the Children Are Home