Quotes About Lineage

The Bourbon-Orléans family tree is infinitely larger, more ramified, and more intertangled than can possibly be shown here, largely owing to the longevity, fertility, and polygamy of Louis XIV.

Root is my last name.

she was the epitome of a particular New England Congregationalist bloodline that manages to simultaneously suggest cool, contained patrician and indefatigable peasant stock.

Rudy is a mutt; my father says he's a cross between a chihuahua and a German shepherd, which must've been some wild dog sex.

My mum's maiden name was Dalglish, so I have Scottish blood in me.

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant.

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

How was she going to tell him her family came from a long line of powerful women who drew power from the universe around them and that prophecies several hundreds of years old always came true?

The Painting is not shit,' said Lucien. 'I know,' said Henri. 'That was just part of the subterfuge. I am of royal lineage; subterfuge is one of the many talents we carry in our blood, along with guile and hemophilia.

from whence you come.

Mauricio viene de Moisés, Isidoro de Isaac, Eduardo de Arón, Jaime de Jacob y Alfonso de Adán…

There are fathers who do not love their children; there exists no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. At

Of course, the ways we carry dysfunction through our family lineage are not so funny. To break the chain, I must pause to ask myself: What dysfunctional behaviors do I practice by habits that come from my own subconscious psychological patterning because of my upbringing? Emotional patterns and ways of being are handed down from generation to generation like family heirlooms—and while many may be positive, many can also be oppressive.

Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace's last name. It was the name of heroes.

Something snapped inside Maryse. "He is not a Herondale. He is a Lightwood. Jace Lightwood. He's my son.

Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.

Don't be ridiculous. Heritage does not equal destiny.

an unbroken line of unrelated people

Sir Brian told him in fulsome scatological terms what he could do with his lineage.

Blood is stronger than breeding.

A father lives after death in his son.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.