Bercelak’s kin kept themselves busy by sharpening weapons, reading, talking, or setting things on fire with small bursts of flame.

If thou dost think of me again, O tribune, let it not be lost in thy mind that I prayed thee only for word of my people - mother, sister.

Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.

Accept the fact that girls squeal when they're happy or confused or excited or scared or because they just saw a certain boy in line.

When other girls were dreaming about love, she dreamt of love too, but in an entirely different context - the ones they took for granted.

All families are psychotic. Everybody has basically the same family - it's just reconfigured slightly different from one to the next.

Is there something wrong with you? Mentally?"Darlin', you met my family. You've gotta be more specific than that.(Jess to Smitty)

Honest, hopelessly romantic old-fashioned gentleman seeks lady friend who enjoys elegant dining, dancing and the slow bloom of affection.

My dad taught me everything I know about being a man, and most of what I know about being a woman. The rest I had to learn from textbooks.

Because of the age difference, I assumed they were related, mother/daughter. But they weren’t. They were father/son/possible lovers.

I’d like to change my name, as my father isn’t worthy of having the same last name as me. I’m a rebel without a because.

I've seen enough family photos in enough homes to know that the term 'suitable for framing' should have a stricter definition.

I ran, and I just kept running.I wasn’t going to stop until I got back to my family; I wasn’t going to stop until I got home.

But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.

Bloodlines and last names didn't make a man extraordinary — the extraordinary existed in what we did in life, not in who we were.