Family Reunions Quotes

19 quotes from 19 authors

Family reunions are the rare moments when generations converge around a shared table, swapping stories and laughter. This collection presents nineteen distinct voices—each from a different author—offering reflections on the joy, chaos, and enduring bonds that surface when relatives gather under one roof.

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“I love family reunions. Maybe next year we could pass out samurai swords.”

Doug Solter

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You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.

Edna Buchanan

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“nothing, no one, beyond family reunions, near-weekly”

Ian McEwan

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This is like one of my family reunions. Except most of these people are wearing shoes. Sam

ICarly

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In our family, we don't know why there are so many of us in wrestling. We think about it at the dinner…

Rikishi

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I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeutic release. Also…

Paula Cole

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A food truce, the picnic suspension of oedipal feeling that permits the generations to love each other at family reunions.

Karen Russell

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“You can not figure out love without figuring out death, too, but the effort it takes can knock the wind out of…

Charles Baxter

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When I go back to family reunions everybody goes, 'Hey cousin! Hey Auntie!' And I'm like, 'Okay I don't know you, I…

Sherri Shepherd

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“From "Grimm: Bad Teeth (#2.1)" (2012) Monroe: Yeah, no, totally. I mean, family reunions can be brutal. Our last one, we lost…

Grimm

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My support group - my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers-in-law, my immediate nieces and nephews, my immediate family like Aunt…

Carrie Underwood

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“Last weekend I went out of my comfort zone to go hang out with people I’d only heard about, and I met…

Jarod Kintz

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“associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches and ceremonies, and various other public and…

Anonymous