Quotes About Family

Nobody was greatly bothered when it was noticed that Gnaeus' little brother, Sextus, had slipped away

remembering his great-uncle and his affection for him, Octavius burst into tears.

offered his life for his son's, and was executed. The son then committed suicide. Octavian watched them both die.

The most important personage who came to light was Oxyathres, a younger brother of Darius, to whom Oxyathres had been devoted.

produced two sons, "an heir and a spare." (Two daughters, Julia and Agrippina

Gaius was born in 20 B.C. and Lucius in 17.

With the arrival of the second boy, Augustus adopted them both and brought them up in his house.

This development has been presented as leaving Livia and her sons, Tiberius and Drusus, out in the cold.

Her family was of obscure origin;

he married Atia, a member of the Julian family.

The younger children, the twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, and Ptolemy Philadelphus, were spared.

Lucius Sergius Catilina was an altogether more formidable opponent. He was one of a line of able and rebellious young aristocrats during the declining years of the Roman Republic who refused to settle down after early indiscretions and enter respectable politics as defenders of the status quo. They usually joined the populares. Sometimes they did so out of youthful idealism and intellectual conviction, but others were simply rebelling against family discipline. They often badly needed money.

And if you can't trust family, who in this five-cent back-alley butt-fuck of a world can you trust?

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.

Appalachia, in fact, is a very matriarchal culture. We revere our grandmothers and mothers.

In Appalachia, everyone has a fierce granny story.

He seems to be giving his people a (mostly) gently worded lecture on their lack of willingness to work even when it appears almost pointless to do so. For that reason, the book should have been titled Hillbilly Reprimand, because Vance doesn't want to mourn his hillbilly family. He wants to make them good proletarians like they allegedly were in the twentieth century.

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.

Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.

Alex watched her leave. So it was true what Yassen had said. Her last question had proved it. He knew who he was. The son of a contract killer.

Abbiatico and Salvinelli," he said. "It cost me thirty grand—or my mother, anyway.

It was the reference to Down's syndrome that most upset him. Mary described it as an 'awful sickness'. It wasn't. It was a condition, not an illness. What sort of woman could see it as a threat to her own bloodline? Had she really pulled up the drawbridge on her son's marriage simply to protect future grandchildren from

Judith set up Colin with his chambers and she got him into the States. It's her house they live in and her wealth that keeps their three children in private school. And God help him if he steps out of line. She's the one who wears the trousers in that relationship.

But although it may not have occurred to you, everything that happens on this island is connected. My grandfather planted that lawn and four generations have been looking after it, keeping it perfect – not just for our pleasure but for everyone who passes.