Family Quotes

"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"There's no place like home."

"Whatever I do, you can always come to me."

"The only thing we've got is each other."

"I had a father; I am a father."

"Before Jem was born, my father was the same."

"What would have become of Sonya if she had remained chaste?"

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me advice."

"Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him."

"That boy is your responsibility now."

"We've still got each other."

"You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family"

"Gatsby's house had none of the cheerfulness of a family home."

"Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence."

"They've conditioned you to be separated from your mother by scores of thousands of miles."

"I am my mother's son"

"When Jem was nearly thirteen, my father said he could do anything from then on—anything."

"A mother's love transcends all earthly bonds."

"Parenthood demands sacrifice that transcends personal desire."

"Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him."

"Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty. When Jem and I first learned that this, we had assumed that he would be indulgent, understand us, forgive us, as blind people sometimes do."

"You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family."

"Inside that house waiting was my mother."

"Family is the true unit of life."

"I don't much like being made fun of about my mother."

"A mother's love knows no bounds."

"Jem was a scourge sometimes, and I admitted it, but when he was dispirited I could not stand it."

"Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence."

"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings."

"I am my mother. My mother is me."