Chosen-family Quote by David Levithan

“The real safety net of life is community, family and nature.”

— Bryant McGill

“When we carry a safety net made of cash, we allow the one made of community to slip through our fingers.”

— Ben Hewitt

“But at this moment, for me, family equals safety; Burn equals safety; love equals safety. And if I trust my heart, my instincts, my…

— Maureen McGowan

Some people need safety nets. Some people need two safety nets. I've grown up with no safety nets around me.

— Sol Campbell

“Just do everything we didn’t do and you will be perfectly safe.”

— F Scott Fitzgerald

“We’re all doing the same thing — getting stuff done. We work together to make it happen, and we jump back and forth between…

— James Shore

In all this chaos we found safety

— Anonymous

“Safety is an illusion and perhaps it's better to challenge it sometimes, to see how far we can go, to learn about the stuff…

— Tania Aebi

“Families shelter their knowledge, keeping it safe and beloved like a delicate heirloom, away from the careless stomping of strangers.”

— Random House Canada

“What a tricky balance of safety and risk it is that brings out the best in us?”

— Kaya McLaren

“We seem to feel as though the life our children have -- that we have built for them -- is just a delicate house…

— Judith Warner

“We'll invent new ways of being together.”

— Italo Calvino