Family Quotes

"I wish I could be the mean Afghani to you sometimes."

"We lived in the same house, but in different worlds."

"You don't have to be friends with your father, but you have to respect him."

"It was a mighty nice family, and a mighty fine house too."

"Theft and lying are part of a man's life. But when a man has sons, he cannot act that way anymore"

"Maybe we are just waiting for all of us to be under the same roof again, in the house of Baba"

"The children are reason enough to endure."

"I must say a word about my dear Anandi."

"I would rather a thousand times to be sold down the river than to do that"

"We are bound together now, forever."

"The widow Douglas took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me."

"Maybe I'm mean. But I'm honest. And I love my sister."

"A woman's first duty is to her family, to her honor."

"I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves."

"I have nothing to say of my childhood except that it was unhappy."

"We are sisters. We have to take care of each other."

"I am my mother's daughter."

"A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb."

"It was my great fortune to be a zookeeper's son."

"My father taught me respect for all living things."

"I have nothing to say of my childhood except that it was unhappy."

"I love Shug Avery. God knows I do. But I'm bound to him by my children."

"I am my sister's keeper."

"I finally understand my mother's strength."

"None of us can be born without mothers."

"I long to touch my daughter."

"I cannot even remember the exact circumstances of my mother's death."

"Us is here. We is here. And we love each other."

"I have my sister. I have love."

"I have always loved you."