Family Quotes
Blood or chosen, families shape who we become. These quotes honor those bonds.
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"The ties that bind families are both strong and fragile."Harper Lee
"Family is the first prison from which we seek to escape."Cormac McCarthy
"The family is an American myth."Philip Roth
"Family teaches us our first lessons about love and belonging."Carson McCullers
"There is a moment in every child's life when he realizes who his parents are and accepts them as they are."Flannery O'Connor
"Family is the first mirror in which we see ourselves."Eudora Welty
"Family is the debt we inherit at birth and spend a lifetime trying to repay."Cormac McCarthy
"I think you should know something about your family's background."Harper Lee
"Family is everything, even when it's complicated."Joseph Heller
"A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy."Philip Roth
"The modern family is a site of constant negotiation and conflict."Philip Roth
"Family is where we learn either love or its terrible absence."Saul Bellow
"We inherit our parents' wounds and must learn to heal them ourselves."Saul Bellow
"Family is both a blessing and a burden we choose to bear."Joseph Heller
"The family is the first battlefield of the self."Philip Roth
"To be a parent is to be perpetually surprised by your own child."Philip Roth
"The family is both prison and sanctuary."Philip Roth
"What we inherit from our parents is both gift and curse."Philip Roth
"Family is where you learn whether you are capable of love."Norman Mailer
"Family is the people you're stuck with who actually matter."Joseph Heller
"Family is the first reality, personality is the second."Philip Roth
"The saddest moment is when you realize that your parents are not gods."Norman Mailer
"Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood."William S. Burroughs
"I want to be a father"Allen Ginsberg
"Family is everything"Allen Ginsberg
"I wanted to be like my father."Jack Kerouac
"Family is the prison we choose."Joseph Heller
"Family is everything."William S. Burroughs
"The family is the crucible in which our character is forged."Norman Mailer
"The family that laughs together stays together"Allen Ginsberg