I'll be your family now, he says. I love you, I say. (....)He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. Say it again.Tobias, I say, I love you.

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.

Actually, before creating a family, it is necessary for a person to be already happy

A man though carrying God may be of no worth to himself, to his family, to his nation and to the people around him.

A person could waste an important part of his living if he refuses to come into significance; if he refuses to impact lives around, the family and in the community or in the society.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

Natural affection is a prejudice: for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.

There's no vocabulary For love within a family, love that's lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then maybe we'll have more luck with the dead ones.

Everyone has a family tree; the Dawsons have one, it's a weeping willow.

Families, I hate you! Shut-in living, closed doors, jealous protectors of happiness.

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious.

Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust to the golden retrievers.

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.

Family ... the we of me.

Whatever you do to your child's body, you are doing to your child's mind too.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and-here's the big curve-for your parents.

We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.