Familial Quotes

19 quotes from 19 authors

Family dynamics shape our earliest narratives, and these 19 reflections capture the varied emotions that arise when kinship is examined.

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I believe there is a strong familial pull as the influence of beloved ancestors continues with us from the other side of…

James E. Faust

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“Home was a secure haven for that—a familial cone of honesty, if you will.”

Harlan Coben

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Familial love can find an echo in our own hearts just as it did in that of Charles Dickens.

Peter Ackroyd

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There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.

Jimmy Smits

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“...what role do i play in my familial structure? the one who feels things and cries a lot.”

Jessie Knoles

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Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends.

Teri Garr

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We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one…

Dalai Lama

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We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents…

Lynn Coady

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When you're making a film, you become incredibly close. It's not like you're filing away papers all day. You're creating with human…

Thora Birch

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The Crosby family is sort of legendary for all of its traumas and familial problems, even though it has this appearance of…

Denise Crosby

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“peculiar, or sad, and yet still deserve a place within the circle of familial love. The parents would thus have created an…

Alain de Botton

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“Family isn’t just a social construct, you know darling, it is formed in the heart. It’s instinctive, this feeling of belonging to…

Franciska Soares

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The best filmmakers have a very familial attitude in sort of embracing the set, beyond the cast, with the wardrobe, and the…

Stephan James

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“The causes of familial discord and distance are countless, but the results are often the same: secrecy, blame, sadness, hurt, confusion, and…

Sharon Salzberg

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I'm lucky enough to maintain a lustrous head of hair, like my father did, while both my brothers are bald. But I…

Kyle MacLachlan

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“Before I can say I am , I was. Heraclitus and I, prophets of flux, know that the flux is composed of…

Wallace Stegner

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“In short, Daniel was once again a member of a family. Viewed from without they were a strange enough family: a rattling,…

Thomas M. Disch

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Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even…

Shusaku Endo

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Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think it’s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to…

Sarah Rees Brennan

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