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

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.

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

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

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