It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

The most difficult is the first family, to bring someone out of the world.

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.