Family Quotes

"The greater the state of disorder in the family, the more the need for order, for love."

"I love my children, yet I deceive myself about them daily."

"Your mother raised you well, at least."

"Karhide is home, and home is always worth defending"

"A woman must have a means of getting about if she is to visit her relations"

"I am the only being that loves you; from your childhood I have cumulated every blessing upon you."

"A woman's first duty is to her husband."

"A mother's job is never finished, only interrupted by death."

"I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic."

"The parents looked at their daughter with a mixture of puzzlement and irritation"

"Mother is gone. I have no way of knowing what happened to her."

"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."

"What do you think of my mama?"

"I regard her as one of the dearest of my relations."

"Thou hast just pleaded passionately for thy child; canst thou not do the same for the father of thy child?"

"It ought not to be attempted, if he has not a comfortable home."

"My poor, mutilated bough! Thou hast had all the sunshine thou couldst bear."

"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."

"It ought not to be so; for every respect in which it can concern my daughter to change herself, I am sure she would be very willing to do it."

"I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, under any circumstances."

"The child will know nothing of the suffering that bought her happiness"

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."

"Do not you feel a great inclination, Mrs. Bennet, to make amends for the past?"

"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth."

"It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."

"My sister had a trenchant way of pursuing conversations."

"The child—the minister's child—thy child!"

"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents."

"Thou art not evil!—yet Pearl is none the less here."

"Thou hast kept the secret of my parentage."