--- title: "8 Grandmother And Grandfather Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Grandmother And Grandfather quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Grandmother And Grandfather sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/ta-nehisi-coates-733_dream_i-drove-away-as-always-thinking-of-you-i_63502.jpg" --- > [“I drove away, as always, thinking of you. I do not believe that we can stop them, Samori, because they must ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/i-drove-away-as-always-thinking-of-you-i-do-not-believe-that-we-can/) [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/ta-nehisi-coates-733_dream_i-drove-away-as-always-thinking-of-you-i_63502.jpg) > [In the early '50s, my great-grandmother and grandfather raised a baby gorilla named Bobo who wore clothes and played with the neighborhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/in-the-early-50s-my-great-grandmother-and-grandfather-raised-a-baby/) [Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/phil-elverum-6384_clothes_in-the-early-50s-my-great-grandmother-an_634175.jpg) > [We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-schweitzer/we-need-to-work-our-level-best-in-this-legislative-session-to-help/) [Brian Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/brian-schweitzer-28195_across_we-need-to-work-our-level-best-in-this-l_1066361.jpg) > [I'm actually the son of Mary Guibert. My mother was born in the Panama Canal zone and came to America when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-m-actually-the-son-of-mary-guibert-my-mother-was-born-in-the-panama/) [Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/jeff-buckley-2831_america_i-m-actually-the-son-of-mary-guibert-my_1804213.jpg) > [My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-pacino/my-dad-was-in-the-army-world-war-ii-he-got-his-college-education-from/) [Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-pacino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/al-pacino-1656_army_my-dad-was-in-the-army-world-war-ii-he-g_2346203.jpg) > [My grandmother was a flight attendant; my mother had a pilot's license, and my grandfather was a pilot. That's how my grandmother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erika-christensen/my-grandmother-was-a-flight-attendant-my-mother-had-a-pilot-s-license/) [Erika Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erika-christensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/erika-christensen-7941_flight-attendant_my-grandmother-was-a-flight-attendant-my_2422490.jpg) > [“Daily I walk around my small, picturesque town with a thought bubble over my head: Person Going Through A Divorce. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-finnamore/daily-i-walk-around-my-small-picturesque-town-with-a-thought-bubble/) [Suzanne Finnamore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-finnamore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/suzanne-finnamore-3682_cheating_daily-i-walk-around-my-small-picturesque_2459663.jpg) > [You have to understand that I'm a child of the second generation, which means my mother was in Auschwitz, and the aunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chantal-akerman/you-have-to-understand-that-i-m-a-child-of-the-second-generation/) [Chantal Akerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chantal-akerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/chantal-akerman-30627_anxiety_you-have-to-understand-that-i-m-a-child_2678913.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grandmother-and-grandfather/#itemlist", "name": "Grandmother And Grandfather Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I drove away, as always, thinking of you. I do not believe that we can stop them, Samori, because they must ultimately stop themselves. And still I urge you to struggle. Struggle for the memory of your ancestors. Struggle for wisdom. Struggle for the warmth of The Mecca. Struggle for your grandmother and grandfather, for your name. But do not struggle for the Dreamers. Hope for them. Pray for them, if you are so moved. But do not pin your struggle on their conversion. The Dreamers will have to learn to struggle themselves, to understand that the field for their Dream, the stage where they have painted themselves white, is the deathbed of us all. 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