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Family Quotes by Anne Tyler
- I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I…
- It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but…
- For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.
- My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.
- You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart, torn all over…
More Family Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to… — Gerard Arpey
- I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. — Rodney Atkins
- Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
- If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for… — John James Audubon
- How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius