Family Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

“JONES WATCHED THE HOUSE being built, the Negro slaves’ wiry bodies slick with sweat as they toiled in the intense summer heat. They in…

— Michael Bray

“these entries we can see Smith focusing on the human landscape and the tension he felt between isolation and the teeming churn of collectives,…

— Sam Stephenson

“SMITH TREASURE," she read softly. "It was the kids, right? That's what they were trying to say. In the house. Everywhere. The SMITH TREASURE…

— Janet S. Anderson

“One of the plainest truths about both towns and individuals is that they usually don't turn into what we tell them to be, but…

— Fredrik Backman

“It was a very American story, somehow. 'Lost.' Each community had such stories. Possibly, each family.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

“At times, quotes from the books talk more about our lives than on the lives of the characters.”

— John Green

“Smith wiped grass and dirt from his butt and scowled at their surroundings as though they hadn't just escaped a fascist clusterfuckturducken of epic…

— John Birmingham

“I’m afraid you’re going to have a rather boring couple of weeks, Mr. Smith. If I were you, I’d buy a couple of good…

— Mina Carter

“It was difficult being so far away from everything she loved. But here, she had Edward and Alice and her work. And now it…

— Mary J. McCoy-Dressel

“Books and characters in books, pictures and elements in pictures—they all have families and ancestors, just like people.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Whether anybody was home meant everything to a house. It was more than a major fact: it was the only fact. The family was…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Ned: I figured it was time for a picnic by the menagerie. Jenny: And you brought me? Why not take the woman you're marrying?…

— Courtney Milan