#Family

"The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself."

"The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families."

"Each time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family."

"My mother-in-law got so angry at me she vowed she’d never speak to me again, and I smiled and gave thanks for the little miracle God worked in my life."

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

"Festivals are fun for kids, fun for parents and offer a welcome break from the stresses of the nuclear family. The sheer quantities of people make life easier: loads of adults for the adults to talk to and loads of kids for the kids to play with."

"That sounds terrific, thought Cary, just you, your comatose wife your shell-shocked son, and your daughter who hates your guts. Not to mention that your two kids may be in love with each other. Yeah, that sounds like a perfect family reunion."

"Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."

"Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living."

"The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs."

"My grandpa died yesterday. I ought to know, because I shot him. So come, join me in the fight against patricide by killing your father’s father."

"I’m very close to my dad. He’s about six inches away right now and snoring in my ears."

"The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career."

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist."

"The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie."

"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way."

"My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving."

"I once tried to light a joint with a fire ant, but what did I know? I was high on glue and in the third grade, just like grandpa."

"Ask anyone and they'll most likely say their family is crazy, and if they don't say their family is crazy, their friends are crazy. That's because everyone is crazy after taking the mask off. People are most themselves when not really trying to fit in, when either alone or around those already closest to them, and that is crazy."