Family Quotes

Blood or chosen, families shape who we become. These quotes honor those bonds.

16096 quotes

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"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"You know I have always wanted nothing but your happiness."
Mrs. Bennet
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"Family unhappiness is never simple."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
M
"I have no moral duty to my father and no filial duty to my mother."
Mr. Bennet
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"The happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"God gave her a child, and took my child away from me!"
Roger Chillingworth
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"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"Nobody can really deserve you—but, however, I don't much like your having quite so much your own way."
Mr. Bennet
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"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents."
Mr. Bennet
J
"What strange creatures brothers are!"
Jane Bennet
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"My dear Mr. Bennet, you must come in and hear what William is saying."
Mrs. Bennet
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"I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, under any circumstances."
Mr. Bennet
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"A prisoner has no family but memory."
Edmond Dantès
L
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"The happiness of the family depends upon the woman."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"Children are innocent witnesses to our mistakes."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"A man is always happy when he has a good wife."
Nikolai Rostov
J
"I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, under any circumstance."
Jane Bennet
L
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
M
"From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents."
Mr. Bennet
M
"I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, under any circumstances."
Mr. Bennet
L
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"The ideal of family life was not merely an ideal, but a reality"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"The bonds of family are stronger than the bonds of passion"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"It is difficult to be a widow and mother simultaneously."
Dolly Oblonskaya
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"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"Children are mirrors of their parents' souls."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I love the child deeply and fervently!"
Arthur Dimmesdale
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"We cannot choose our family, only how we treat them."
Dunya