“The family is always the family but during vacations it is an extended family and that is exhausting”

“I say to a lot of people who struggle [with coming out] — they're always afraid how it's going to affect their family — and to me it's always family is really important, but there has to be a 'you' that can be part of a family. If there's no 'you,' [you can't] be part of the family.”

“It's all about family [jake]. It was always about family. It will always be that way if I have anything to say about it.”

“A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.”

“Strong families value their extended family, particularly grandparents. In one study of college students, a majority thought their interactions with grandparents reflected high family strengths. It’s important to create continuity between generations, passing along traditions and making roots ever stronger, so the tree continues to reach for the sun.”

“Every family is a Holy Family…”

“A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.”

“Sticking with your family is whatit a family.”

“Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.”

“When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.”