Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

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

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

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.