Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of read more

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common read more

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the read more

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

My family begins with me, your family ends with you.

My family begins with me, your family ends with you.

My family is my strength and my weakness.

My family is my strength and my weakness.

You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.

You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, read more

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths
Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets
Cyrano Act 5.

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.