Family Quotes... Page 1
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"I am the mother and you are the daughter. In some cultures, that means you have to do what I say. " - Gilmore Girls
"I have this poster hanging in my living room, Paul. Of course I'm upset. And the only reason that it's hanging there is because you took him to see that movie, and for one day, that boy felt close to his father. He felt loved and appreciated. And the sad part is that there was only one of those days. Because in my book, the day that he didn't feel that way should be the unique one. Fix it." - One Tree Hill
"The thing about family is that you don't necessarily like what they do but you stick by them." - grey's anatomy
"Family should always hug, regardless of how they feel about each other." - Desperate Housewives
"Super-successful parents expect nothing less from their offspring. And when it comes to college, that means the Ivies. It's more than just getting into college, it's setting a course for the rest of your life. And those who aren't legacies are no exception. When parents have sacrificed for their children, what kid would want to let them down?" - Gossip Girl
"Every one of our parents does some considerable emotional damage and from what I've heard it just might be the best part of being a parent." - Scrubs
"'A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.'" - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
"You know... growing up, I never really had much of a mother figure to look up to... until I met you. You really taught me what it meant to take care of the people that I love. " - Smallville
"The thing about family is that you don't necessarily like what they do but you stick by them." - grey's anatomy
"you deserve to have a family. Even if you don't like them." - Grey's Anatomy
"You know how we're always saying what a pain you are, you're the world's worst dog, don't believe it, don't believe it for one minute because you know we couldn't find a better dog, I love you, more than anything, you're a great dog, I love you." - Marley & Me
"That's the thing with teenagers. They think all their parents want to do is keep them from having fun, when they're really only trying to save them from broken hearts."
"It's okay to feel angry. It's okay to feel pain. It's even okay to hate the person who did this. But when that anger, and that pain, and that hate becomes too much for you, you come see me, Nate or Luke. Understand? We are your family, and we are going to get through this together." - One Tree Hill
"Julian: My father always made me feel like I wasn't good enough. Any time I had any success he would remind me of my failures. I see that in Brooke. She's so talented and good-hearted and beautiful, but she carries around this feeling that she's not good enough. And she has you to thank you for that. Good work. Victoria: Are you finished? Julian: No, not yet. I love your daughter. I'm in love with her. And one of these days she's gonna love me back and when she does I want you to understand something: you're either gonna learn to be nice to her, or you're not gonna be in her life. Nice to meet you, Victoria. Feels like I've known you all my life." - One Tree Hill
"I'm a full-time dad. I'm a working parent. I'm a mother and a father. I'm a guy who reads parenting books and cookbooks before I go to sleep. I spend my weekends buying tutus. I'm learning to sew. I'm Mr. Napkin Head!" - the holiday
"The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don't. But, in the end, they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into and sometimes it's the one you make for yourself." -Sex and the City
"It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you--when he comes down from the mountain and you see he's this man with weakness. And you love him as this whole being, not as a figurehead." - Robin Williams
"We're all strangers to our parents; they love us, but they don't really know us. And sometimes before we get a chance to know them, they're gone. And then you can't ask them all the things you want to know about turnips or turkey gizzards or what they were like when they were young. Then you never can know them, not really. Because it's too late." - Dawson's Creek
"Napoleon's mother couldn't make it to his coronation. But when he commissioned it, Napoleon told David to paint her in as if she were there, right in the center. Even though she couldn't be there physically he brought her into his life through sheer force of will. There to share in his greatness." - Smallville
"A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?" - Marley & Me
"Fitting in with the outside world, respectability, suitability, conformity, were never high on my priority list; neither was normalcy. I admit: I cultivated arrogance. The world would be our school; I wanted to learn it and teach it to you." - loverboy
"It happens the second Sunday of every May. We celebrate the women who give us life and so much more, the ones who protect us at all costs, who have the courage to fight those who would do us harm, who put our happiness ahead of their own, but mostly we celebrate a mother's love which is constant, eternal, and there from the very beginning." - Desperate Housewives
"parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. they move on. they move away. the moments that used to define them -- a mother's approval, a father's nod -- are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. it is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories and all their accomplishments sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives." - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
"My whole life has been nothing but a hole, where my mother should have been. It always left me aching, but I never thought about what it did to you." - The Secret Life of Bees
"You're my sons. And I failed you. I'm sorry for that. For so many other things. But I'm proud that each of you became the kind of men I could never be. You're good men, and you're good brothers. Don't let the world change that." - One Tree Hill
"And although we certainly had our struggles and heart aches over the years we're a family of survivors and we will always be." - charmed
"They say that from the instant he lays eyes on her, a father adores his daughter. Whomever she grows up to be, she is always to him that little girl in pigtails. She makes him feel like Christmas. In exchange, he makes a secret promise not to see the awkwardness of her teenage years, the mistakes she makes, or the secrets she keeps." - Everwood
"Your mother was proud of you. And it would break her heart to know that her beautiful, kind, inspiring daughter was suffering like this. I know that because I'm a mother. And so are you. Now, our lives are difficult, and our loss unbearable sometimes. So grieve... and struggle, and you find your way back on your own terms and in your own way. But remember this... your mother would want you to be vibrant and inspiring in the face of losing her. She'd want you to fight your pain with all you've got. Because that's the daughter that she raised. That's the daughter that she loved." - One Tree Hill
"I think maybe that happens sometimes to girls who lose their mothers when they're young, they're very driven to succeed." - Dawson's Creek
"There's an old proverb that says you can't choose your family. You take what the fates hand you. And like them or not, love them or not, understand them or not, you cope. Then there's the school of thought that says the family you're born into is simply a starting point. They feed you, and clothe you, and take care of you until you're ready to go out into the world and find your tribe." - Grey's Anatomy
"You know something? I like money, I like it a lot. And a couple of years ago you could have bought me with that big fortune of yours, but I'm a mom now and I make the decisions for my kids. And that is something that can't be bought." - Desperate Housewives
"all parents damage their children. it cannot be helped. youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the springs of its handlers. some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair." - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
"Lydia: You're taking good care of my daughter. I remember the day you came to ask our permission to marry her. You were so nervous, but I looked into your eyes, and I just knew. Nathan: What did you know? Lydia: That you were going to change my daughter's life, and I was right. Nathan: You were responsible for raising the woman who changed my entire world. I'll never forget that Lydia. Ever. Thank you for saying yes." - One Tree Hill
"It's weird how random memories can just pop into your head, huh? When I was in second grade, I was afraid to go to school because I thought my mom would disappear while I was gone and never come back. I wouldn't even get on the bus in the morning until she promised she'd be there when I got home. Sure enough, every day, there she was when I walked in the door." - Smallville
"All families have problems. Mine especially. But I love them without end. Not because they're blood--but because we rely on each other. . . when others scurry away. We can not talk for weeks, and we can pick up right where we left off--in the midst of conversation and friendly embraces. That's what family is all about." - JoAnne Golden
"before he can devote himself to God or a woman, a boy will devote himself to his father, even foolishly, even beyond explanation." - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
"Play the tapes. Think of me. Because losing a parent, it can create a hole in a person's heart. Someday you're going to meet someone special. Knowing you, I'm guessing tall, dark, and handsome. And you can't commit to that person fully if you think there's a love that you're missing from some old memory. Like me. You can't let someone leaving you stop your future with someone else. The thing about being a parent is... it doesn't end. Not with age, not with death. I will always be your mother, Lois. And I will always love you. " - Smallville
"Since the time you could walk, your mother and I knew you were special. Very smart, very talented. And we promised each other we would do whatever it took to give you a bright future. And that did not include you becoming a teenage father." - Gossip Girl
"I don't want to get married because I see how my parents are." - Reality Bites
"I was spinning out of control. You forced me to grow up. If I haven't said it before. . . Thank you." - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
"Family. There is nothing more important. They're the ones who show up when we are in trouble. The ones who push us to succeed. The ones who help keep our secrets." - Desperate Housewives
"when you're not sure you trust a person anymore, say a person you really trusted, say your father, you start wishing they'd do something like, really wrong, just so you can be right about them." - My So-Called Life
"And then all of a sudden, oh, it seemed so strange to me: How we went from something's missing to a family. Lookin' back all I can say about all the things he did for me is I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be." - Brad Paisley, "he didn't have to be"
"It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you." - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
"Julian: That ring looks sexy on you. Brooke: You look sexy on me." - One Tree Hill
"In my daughter's eyes I am a hero. I am strong and wise and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see: she was sent to rescue me. I see who I wanna be in my daughter's eyes." - Martina McBride, "in my daughter's eyes"
"Nathan: Every time I get to see Jamie laugh, it's a dream come true. Every time I get to hold Haley, it's a dream come true. They are my life. Quentin: Then you owe it to them to be the very best version of yourself. The version where you fight for what you want. The version where you're not afraid to be great. You're better for them when you live in your dreams, man. And there is nothing, nothing selfish about that." - One Tree Hill
"Some day you're gonna have a baby and you're gonna feel overwhelmed by this little life that you're responsible for and you're gonna think and worry that everything you do is wrong, and that's normal. You're gonna obsess about what to feed it, and where to send it to school, and whether it should take violin or piano. But, I'm gonna let you in on a little old secret, it doesn't matter. Whether your kid is a concert pianist or a math genius, it just doesn't matter because at the end of the day all that matters is if your kid is happy." - Grey's Anatomy
"The day I see even a glimmer of myself in you, is the day that I realize you've finally started... to grow up." - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
"What appeals to you the most is the very thing that will drive you crazy, I think--and it's really true. I used to love how picture-perfect the Grahams' world was. I admired their wealth, their success, their closeness--how even rebellious James (who finally moved out of his parents' guest house) manages to show up in church most Sunday mornings, albeit with bloodshot eyes and a distinct aroma of cigarette smoke on his wrinkled khakis. I loved that they all consult with one another before doing things, are fiercely proud of their family name and traditions, and that they all put Stella on a pedestal. I loved that nobody had died or divorced or even disappointed." - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
