7,080 Quotes About Family

we always knewthat good times camewith termination contractseven if we weren't quite readyto sign it.

Prospero the Enchanter's immediate reaction upon meeting his daughter is a simple declaration of: "Well, fuck.

That's right. I have you. And I have my guys. And I have Allison. But I spent all this time believing everything I heard in church--that I need a husband to be whole, to have a family for Allison. And the whole time I've been creating one.

Every corner and room of a house will carry memories, make these the most pleasurable times you shared with your family.

But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.

Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.

It is hard for us to recognize it now, but Peter and Paul were introducing the first Christian family to an entirely new community, a community that transcends the rigid hierarchy of human institutions, a community in which submission is mutual and all are free.

Strangers take a long time to become acquainted, particularly when they are from the same family.