| If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct. |
| What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. |
| The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family. |
| Family is just accident.They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are. |
| Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie - not perfect but who's complaining. |
| The family that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape,nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. |
| And thank you for a house full of people I love. Amen. |
| The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. |
| Having a place to go - is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing. |
| The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness. |