You Have One Family- Family Quotes

“You have one family, Charley!

For good or bad, You have one family!

 You can’t trade them in.

You can’t lie to them.

 You can’t run two at once, substituting back and forth.
Sticking with your family is what makes it a family”
 ( Mitch Albom, For One More Day )

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What is Home?- Family Quotes

“What is home?

My favorite definition is "a safe place".

It’s a place where one is free from attack,

It’s a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation.

It's a place where people share and understand each other.

Its relationships are nurturing.

The people in it do not need to be perfect;

instead, they need to be honest, loving, supportive,

recognizing a common humanity that makes all of us vulnerable.” 

( Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life )

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The Best Family Quotes

“As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination.

 once upon a time, I wasn’t here.

before that, my parents weren’t here.

and before that…”
( John Burnside, A Lie About My Father: A Memoir )

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“Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.”
( Andrew Vachss )

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“You really are like him, your father."
"I can't tell whether you think that's good or bad."
"What does it matter? It's simply true.”
( Victoria Schwab, The Near Witch )

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“Only the family, society's smallest unit, can change and yet maintain enough continuity to rear children who will not be "strangers in a strange land," who will be rooted firmly enough to grow and adapt.”
( Salvador Minuchin, Families and Family Therapy )

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“Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of.

 ( The Wife Of Ted Wickham )
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“I think that is the very definition of a family:

 a group of individuals, bound by the essence of love,

who share a life together and yet maintain their unique individuality.”
( Kathy Magliato )

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“I also have an extended family :

The people who stayed.

The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock.

That's what it all boils down to.

The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do.”
( Diane Keaton )

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“Perhaps family itself, like beauty, is temporary, and no discredit need attach to impermanence.”
( Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men )

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“Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least.”
( Barbara Kingsolver )

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“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.”

( Anthony Brandt )

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“I know why families were created with all their imperfections.

They humanize you.

They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.”

( Anais Nin )

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“Remember to say "I love you" to family and friends not just your significant other.”
( Vianka Van Bokkem )

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“Ironically, girls who don't think so much about their family and are a little bit self-centred are not only happier themselves but also maintain good relationships with their families.”
( Farahad Zama )

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“Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.”
( Martin Mull )

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“As goes the family, so goes the faith; as goes the faith, so goes the culture.”
 ( Kenneth L. Gentry Jr. )

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“I liked having some time to myself.

Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered.

Of course, we didn't always agree with one another.

Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes.”
 ( Gloria Whelan, Summer of the War )

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“What is family?

They were the people who claimed you.

In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.”
( Sarah Dessen )

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“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life”
( Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook )

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“To us, Family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
( Barbara Bush )

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 “Families are the compass that guide us.

They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter”

(  Brad Henry )
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“Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.”
( Silas House )

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“A family is a mystery.”
( Sharon Olds )

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Home was My Family- Quote of The Day

“I decided I'd changed my mind about home.

Home was not Pensacola San Diego Guam or any of the other places we might have lived.

In fact home wasn't any particular place at all.

Home was my family.

Even if they didn't get my jokes sometimes.”

( Kimberly Willis Holt, Piper Reed, The Great Gypsy )

 
 

Family is blessing. They are the first person who get hurt when see you hurt. They are the first person will worry watching your anxious. They are people who won't think twice to lend their shoulder for you. Sometimes we just don't understand the meaning of family until we live away from them. It feels to late sometimes that we miss them when they are no longer stay together with us. Ah, forget what I say. I'm sure you understand much better than me how important family is. They are the one who love you and always be there for you. Do, hug and kiss your family, spend your quality time together with them now.

 

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You Don’t Pay Back Your Parents!! -Family Quotes

“You don't pay back your parents.

You can't!!

The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn.

It's a sort of entailment.

or if you don't have children of the body, it's left as a debt to your common humanity.

or to your God, if you possess or are possessed by one.
 

 The family economy evades calculation in the gross planetary product.

It's the only deal I know :

When you give more than you get, you aren't bankrupted,

but rather, vastly enriched.”
 (  Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign )


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The Difference between Relatives & Family -Family Quotes

“Relatives share the same bloodline,

but FAMILY shares your successes, pains, ambitions, celebrations, failures, values, love and so much more.

 I realize that many friends have become Family and some relatives just are not.

(Analogy : Blood scatters everywhere, when Family runs together...

When I thought I needed "Blood" to survive,

I realized that what I really needed was Family )” 

( Gaye Miller 2012 )

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