In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
—V.S. Pritchett, 1968Quotes
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.
—Robert Frost, 1939Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.
—André Gide, 1897In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCMy mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.
—Mark Twain, c. 1900One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
—Pindar, c. 450 BCI cannot bear a parent’s tears.
—Virgil, c. 25 BCIt is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
—Friedrich Schiller, 1781Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BCMother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942