My grandmother was very important to me. She gave me my religious education. She gave me a sense of the female side… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
At one time, when I was eight years old, my mother and father, my brother and my sisters - we had to… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
My grandma's name was Bernice Salmon - like the fish. When I was growing up, she was my rock. My mom was… — Jade Cargill Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
Grandmother Hannah comes to me at Pesach and when I am lighting the sabbath candles. The sweet wine in the cup has… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“My Grandmother's Love Letters" There are no stars tonight But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In… — Hart Crane Copy Share Image
“Quickly she shredded the cabbage on the chopping block and tossed it along with the onion and tomatoes in a blue Pyrex… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
I moved to Des Moines when I was 15. I asked my mother to give up costody and sign parental rights over… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is… — Enele Sopoaga Copy Share Image
My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
“Do you know why that Crochan was spying in the Ferian Gap this spring? She had been sent to find you. After… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I studied piano from the age of three. My grandmother taught piano. I stayed at her house during the day while my… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I was raised in bars. My grandmother had one, and when I was 12 years old I'd go stay with her and… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I don't feel worthy but then I look at my reflection and see my daughter, mother and grandmother who are worthy… — Alexandra Elle Copy Share Image
Everybody I see, that's the first thing they think of when they see me: 'WHUUUUUT?' or 'YEEEAAAHHH!' But they don't realize that… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure, with a grandmother like mine, if you can ever become a true American in the sense of believing that… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Binkie, the one and only. He can hear her rings clacking on the plastic phone, and he chuckles, envisioning with amusement the… — Jardine Libaire Copy Share Image
My grandmother spent a lot of time with us when we were growing up. She did the school runs and fed us… — Nadiya Hussain Copy Share Image
“Grandmother walked up over the bare granite and thought about birds in general. It seemed to her no other creature had the… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: If somebody puts you on a road and you don't… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I am insanely superstitious. All the woman in my family are, beginning with my grandmother, who would leave red ribbons under the… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend,… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image
My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, 'I can… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
In Ethiopia, where I was born, all the cooks are women. When I grew up in Sweden, my mom and my grandmother… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Animals are nicer than humans and they're conscious beings. If you stick your grandmother in an oven, she will probably be tasty.… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in "The Word" and filled the atmosphere with worship. Though I developed my own personal… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
My grandmother, Angela, was the Fox family matriarch. She was magnetic but also wicked. She had this huge life force and was… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
My grandmother was from Panama. It's a very vibrant place, the Spanish influence is very apparent. It's interesting to see the contrast… — Colin Jackson Copy Share Image
My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
I pointed to the wound. "It's missing," I said. My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing stories about my grandmother - my mother's mother - who used to go to villages in India in… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
One thing that keeps me awake at night: I am a mother and, I have to confess with great delight, a grandmother… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
