Broken family Quote by Natalie Brenner

“Forgive me, Father, but I'm still screwed up.”

— Lani Diane Rich

“Once I could see Mom for who she was, and not the mother she had failed to be, I'd be able to forgive her.…

— Rachel Sontag

“I think my mother found her mother-in-law entertaining, and in a person who entertains us, there is much we forgive.”

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“It's funny, but after you break up a family, no matter how dysfunctional, you start repressing the bad memories. But then something comes along…

— Thomas Hoover

“I forgive you." The power of those words rushes through me, purging all the torturous memories of my youth. It gushes into all the…

— Heather Day Gilbert

“there was one thing left to do: ask the only person I knew who was married, always honest with me, and never mocked my…

— Justin Halpern

“I thought of going the rest of my life pretending I sprang to life from nothing at sixteen years old and felt my cheeks…

— Meredith Russo

“I don’t care to be forgiven I want to be forgotten. Now I receive a call from my family and what they started to…

— fun

“My mother had told me to never be afraid to apologize when I was wrong. She had said it would have saved her and…

— Robin Hobb

“I stayed silent when I should have screamed. I gave love when I should have walked away. And still, they blamed me. Now I…

— Garima Soni

“I lowered my hands and stared at the tiny horse, considering his question. I couldn’t think of anyone I’d ever felt sorry for. There…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“It's funny reading about how I behaved in the days before memories formed. So thanks for that input, Mom and Dad - wasn't so…

— Connor Franta