The Caretaker Quotes

#1. Women - - and men - - need to understand that a woman's transition is often much longer. The caretaker must leave the place of orientation to the needs of others to the place where she focuses on herself.

Esther Perel

#2. I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?

Curt Schilling

#3. When Silas said Gabriel was a priest, I assumed he meant to a real congregation, not the caretaker of an empty building threatening to send the entire street of people to meet Jesus literally at any moment, and not just emotionally.

Rachel Higginson

#4. Life is too short for you to be the caretaker of the wrong details.

Alexandra Stoddard

#5. Veins of ivy scale stones,
find footholds but
the caretaker cuts
earth short, peels
creepers from Cotswold
rock and props the dead
head to head so they won't
topple like drunks
on their moss-soft shadows.

Jalina Mhyana

#6. Isolation of the caretaker role is a real danger. That way lies sadness.

Christopher Noxon

#7. The things a man sees when he ain't got a gun.
Watson the Caretaker

Stephen King

#8. It was a famous old hotel called the Overlook. It burned down ten years ago. The caretaker burned it down. He was crazy. Everybody in town said so. But never mind: he's dead.

Stephen King

#9. It means the God who worries about our sins is not only God the judge, but also God the caretaker. He worries about sin because He craves righteousness, but also, simply, because He loves us.

Lauren F. Winner

#10. The caretaker needs to be taken care of, in wages and benefits. Not enough emphasis is put on the importance of these caretakers.

Chad Urmston

#11. The irresponsible mother helped explain bella's maturity. She'd had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. That's why she didn't like being cared for- she felt it was her job.

Stephenie Meyer

#12. I handed the photo back to her. The caretaker gazed at it as if it were a lucky charm, a return ticket to her youth.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#13. I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.

Michael Nutter

#14. A mist rises from a nearby mound. It could be me, that mist, or simply the caretaker's mower-dust. If the breeze blows just right, I'll ghost your solid, entwine your hair. Promise me you won't shampoo, but carry me along, tiny dust-particles of me.

Chila Woychik

#15. Opening the fridge door, I found a rat eating the cheese. My dealings with rodents, particularly those tagged verminous, have been few, but generally the pattern has been one of man, the boss, the caretaker of creation, the namer, appearing and the lower orders hitting the road.

Tibor Fischer

#16. Our siblings push buttons that cast us in roles we felt sure we had let go of long ago - the baby, the peacekeeper, the caretaker, the avoider ... It doesn't seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we've traveled.

Jane Mersky Leder

#17. your parent may actually have consciously or unconsciously reinforced you as the caretaker to meet his or her needs, to be the nurturer and provider of emotional support,

Kimberlee Roth

#18. Being a caretaker is, and never will be, an easy job; in fact, it is that hardest job in the world and many times a thankless job. You have to be the pillar of strength even when you feel like you are crumbling to pieces inside.

Jenna Morasca

#19. I have never found a book that stressed the importance of myself as a caretaker of my ability, of staying healthy mentally and physically, or that gave me an inkling that my courage might be strained to the utmost.

Andrew Loomis

#20. Parents don't become inaccessible to your Children, when they don't get the right information from you, they may get the wrong one from an outsider; you are their Caretaker..be wise!

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#21. I'm still useful in my capacity as an arts educator and caretaker for the stray dogs.

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

#22. Filch, not now - " The aged caretaker had just come hobbling into view, shouting, "Students out of bed! Students in the corridors!" "They're supposed to be, you blithering idiot!" shouted McGonagall.

J.K. Rowling

#23. All my best memories of my brother are in vehicles, speeding, predatory or celebratory. We were just made to drive. For the last 12 years of his life, he lived as caretaker of an orange grove. There, on 18 acres, my brother collected cars and trucks and motorcycles.

Susan Straight

#24. You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst of adversity.

Frederick Lenz

#25. Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

Michael Shermer

#26. But when people age, they're not looking for a cure as much as they are for encouragement to continue. Our work here is not about curing. It's about the dignity of each person wheeled from breakfast back to their room.

Chris Fabry

#27. Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#28. It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.

Gough Whitlam

#29. There was a time when only men could provide or work, and still a lot of countries are like that. But there's a price to be paid for that when you're expected to be the full-time caretaker and you're expected to be the full-time breadwinner.

Patricia Arquette

#30. The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.

John Bradshaw

#31. Sometimes I think of myself as a savior of the lost, a caretaker to the found.

Shaun David Hutchinson

#32. I was no longer the storm-tossed heroine lost in her lover's arms. I was Sydney Sage, Alchemist and caretaker, and I was back in business.

Richelle Mead

#33. Does 'submissive' mean 'baby' in your language, Master Mason? Because I'll have you know
...
No, but Dominant does mean lover, caretaker, disciplinarian, and whatever else the situation warrants.

Bianca Sommerland