Quotes About Family

Emma, your granddad's on the line," says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. "Something about the night bus and he'll never trust you again?

I'm sitting at the dinner table, wearing my future mother-in-law's underwear. It's like some twisted dream that you wake up and think Crikey Moses! Thank God that didn't really happen!

If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.

It's easy to discount family. It's easy to take them for granted. But your family is your history. Your family is part of who you are.

Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something. Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous break down. But the rest of us.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?

Becky! Love! Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. What's wrong? Has labor started? Honestly. My family has no idea about contemporary urban street dance trends.

My parents watch too many soap operas, that's their trouble. In fact, they were probably hoping I was pregnant. By my wicked married lover whom they could then murder and bury under the patio.

And then Jo met Professor Bhaer, so we had to watch that bit. And then Beth died. So I guess the March sisters were on their own jagged graph too.

Mum always says the right thing. She always makes everything better.

Spoiled? Mum cuts her off with a laugh. Nonsense! There's nothing wrong with Minnie, is there, my precious? She knows her own mind! She strokes Minnie's hair fondly, then looks up again. Becky, love, you were exactly the same at her age. Exactly the same.

Maybe our family has changed shape. Maybe things aren't exactly like they used to be. And maybe they'll be even more different in the future. But whatever happens, we'll still be us.

You're so narrow-minded! You live in the same village you grew up in, you run the family business, you're buying a nursery down the road... you're practically still in the womb. So before you lecture me on the way to live my life, try living one of your own, OK?

It'll be George Michael all over again, Dad mutters darkly to Mum, and I give a sharp intake of breath. That is AGAINST our family code. No one was supposed to mention George Michael ever again. We even turn off Carless Whisper whenever it comes on.

This is Christmas," he says, pointing at the happy line of Whos. "Remember? Friends and family gathered together, celebrating. Not presents, not piñatas, people." "I know, but—" "Whatever the Grinch can steal, that's not Christmas," asserts Luke.

He said that he and Mum had often talked about the kind of man I would marry, and they'd always disagreed on everything except one thing - he'll have to be on his toes. Then he looked at Luke, who obligingly got up and turned a pirouette, and everyone roared with laughter.

Toda mi familia se crece con la presión. Es como el lema familiar, o algo así. Con la excepción de mi hermano Peter, desde luego, que sufrió una crisis nerviosa. Pero a los demás nos sienta de maravilla, en serio.

Family bloody first. I'm not saying Dad was wrong, I'll never say that, but maybe I'm starting to see "family"differently. It's not just the people you share genes with; it's the people you share loyalty and friendship and respect with. It's the people you love.

Becky -- he begins, and there's a tiny intake of breath around the churchyard. Will you-- Yes! Yeee-esssss! I hear the joyful sound ripping through the churchyard before I even realize I've opened my mouth. I'm so charged up with emotion, my voice doesn't even sound like mine. In fact, it sounds more like... Mum. I don't believe it.

This family may be broken. It may be shattered. But it's my broken, shattered family. And I want to be here, I finally admit to myself. To be at the party, even if I'm invisible. This is the last hurrah, even if no one's cheering. I just can't walk away.

Family bloody first.

Your job is obviously very pressured." "I thrive under pressure," I explain. Which is true. I've known that about myself ever since Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Well. Ever since my mother told me, when I was about eight. You thrive under pressure, Samantha. Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something.

Mum's suddenly become interested in LOC

Mum's like one of those dressage riders on TV. She changes her voice an iota and we all obey her instantly, like trained Olympic horses.