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- What's sad about not eating is the experience, whether at a family reunion or at midnight by yourself in a greasy spoon under the L tracks. The loss of dining, not the loss of food.
- Roger Ebert (1942 - 2013), People Magazine, 09-19-11
- That's the thing about marriage. It's a shell game we play with ourselves. We're the suckers and we have to lose, but we play anyway because we lie to ourselves that we can win.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, Family's A Gamble Part 5, 07-25-13
- A healthy family is sacred territory.
- Unknown
- In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. - Tao Te Ching
- If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day.
- Unknown
- The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
- Richard Bach, Illusions [1977]
- The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!
- Joachim Du Bellay, Sonnet de Regrets
- A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
- Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)
- We gladly feast on those who would subdue us ... not just pretty words, Fester.
- Morticia Addams - from the Addams Family movie
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