Cousins Quotes

“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself.”
― James Anthony Froude

“I was too young that time to value her,
But now I know her. If she be a traitor,
Why, so am I. We still have slept together,
Rose at an instant, learned, played, eat together,
And wheresoe'er we went, like Juno's swans,
Still we went coupled and inseparable.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“If you talk to the animals they will talk with you
and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them
you will not know them, and what you do not know
you will fear. What one fears one destroys.”
― Dan George

“He punched me in the face," Ash said, who understandably did not seem to find the situation humorous at all. "And then he yelled at me for sleeping with our personal trainer!"
"I was told breakup scenes were a good way to distract people," Jared said with beautiful simplicity.
"Ash looked so surprised," Holly said. "He had no idea what was going on. He said, 'I didn't sleep with our personal trainer! We don't even have a personal trainer!'"
Angela and Holly giggled. Ash held the back of his hand to his bleeding mouth and glared.
Jared was still grinning like a maniac. "In that case," he told Ash solemnly, "I will consider taking you back.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Are you all right?” he asked Olivia. His heart was still racing with terror that she’d been hurt. “I heard a woman scream.”

“Ah, that would have been me,” Sebastian said.

Harry looked down on his cousin, face frozen in disbelief. “You made that noise?”

“It hurt,” Sebastian bit off.

Harry fought not to laugh. “You scream like a leettle girl.”
― Julia Quinn, What Happens in London

“Here comes Monseiur Le Beau.
Rosalind: With his mouth full of news.
Celia: Which he will put on us, as pigeons feed their young.
Rosalind: Then shall we be news-crammed.
Celia: All the better; we shall be the more marketable.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Tell them the truth if you like," responded Kit airily, knowing quite well that Judith, for all her disapproval, would never give her away. The common bond of just being young together in that household was strong enough for that.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

“This is the problem with having a best friend who is also your cousin, and has known you since you were born" said Sara to Ava " She's always trying to stomp on your dreams”
― Melanie Cellier, The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood

“You shouldn't marry someone you thought you could live with, you should marry someone you thought you couldn't live without.”
― Carole Matthews, For Better, for Worse

“What’s life like in the mountains?”
“Why would you care?” Rhys snapped.
“I’m wondering if everyone there is as grim as you. Two weeks is a long time. Are you ever going to smile?”
“Are you going to keep asking stupid questions?”
“On a regular basis.”
― C.M. Banschbach, Oath of the Outcast

“It said if you were nervous about committing yourself to marriage and it was because you doubted yourself and whether you would make a good partner, then that was only natural and you should go ahead. It also said that if you doubted that the other person was right for you, then you should stop it.”
― Carole Matthews, For Better, for Worse

“Remember, cousins are forever!”
― Lydia Howe, Where Dandelions Grow

“A friend forgives quicker than enemy, and family forgives quicker than a friend.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Microphones and speakers are cousins like hoovers and hairdryers.”
― Alain Bremond-Torrent, running is flying intermittently

“The Bond Between
Cousins Cannot
Be Broken!”
― Lydia Howe, Where Dandelions Grow

“I shall bury the blade in your skull, just above your right eye."
"That's what I love about you. Your precision.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“Why do you ask me questions to which you already know the answer?"
She tapped me on the arm with her painted fan. "To annoy you, dearest.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Fire

“While his comrades got stuck in, Richie knelt beside Davey and turned him over. His cousin's cheeks had a blueish tinge to them, his eyes were closed. Richie pressed his ear against Davey's chest.
The heartbeat was strong enough. Alive, thank God. Unconsious, but alive. Richie took out his water bottle and upended it over Davey's face.
"Your debt is paid, cousin of mine," he said as a faint moan sounded in the other's throat. "Now let us be friends again.”
― David Pilling, Reiver: The Sword's Edge

“Some people’s deaths would not have pained us had we not known that to them we were related.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A man with good reputation among friends, not necessarily have the same reputation within family.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Compared to everything else going on in the house, Howard drinking chocolate milk in the shower almost seemed ordinary.”
― Cassie Beasley, Tumble & Blue

“It's a shame your mother didn't opt for something more extravagant," Akiko says, examining her nails.
"When you get married, please make sure there are at least some guests to see our dresses. This is a waste of Oscar de la Renta," Noriko adds, glancing down meaningfully.
"Thank you," I say sincerely. "For all you did for us. For my mom. For me." I regard them intently, liquid gathering in my eyes.
"It's not a big deal," Akiko says with a sniff, clearly uncomfortable.
Human emotions. So messy.
"Um," Noriko says to Akiko. "I think she's going to try to hug us."
Before they can object, I wrap them up in my arms, embracing them both. Akiko pats my back awkwardly, and Noriko is stiff. "I love you," I say, releasing them. "And I know you love me, too.”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming

“Headaches you could generally shift with a couple of well-aimed Nurofen and some strong coffee. Heartaches were considerably more tricky to handle.”
― Carole Matthews, For Better, for Worse

“It's funny how things don't matter any more when it's too late.”
― Carole Matthews, For Better, for Worse

“Infidelity doesn't have to be the most devastating that can happen in a marriage.”
― Carole Matthews, For Better, for Worse

“She’s just another cousin. Prepare yourself because you’re going to hear this a lot. Everybody here is somebody’s cousin.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“What … what other species are still endangered?” asked Ponter. Mary shrugged a little. “Lots of kinds of birds. Giant tortoises, Panda bears. Sperm whales, Chim…” “Chim?” said Ponter. “What are---?” He tilted his head, perhaps listening to Hak providing its best guess at the word Mary had started to say. “Oh, no. No. Chimpanzees? But … these are our cousins. You hunt our cousins?” Mary felt all of two feet tall. How could she tell him that chimps were killed for food, that gorillas were murdered so their hands could be made into exotic ashtrays? “They are invaluable,” continued Ponter. “Surely you, as a geneticist, must know that. They are the only close living relatives we have; we can learn much about ourselves by studying them in wild, by examining their DNA.” “I know,” said Mary, softly. “I know.” Ponter looked at Reuben, then at Louise, and then at Mary, sizing them up, it seemed, as if he were seeing them—really seeing them—for the first time. “You kill with abandon,” he said. “You kill entire species. You even kill other primates.” He paused and looked from face to face again, as if giving them a chance to forestall what he was about to say, to come up with a logical explanation, a mitigating factor. But Mary said nothing, and neither did the other two, and so Ponter went on. “And, on this world, my kind is extinct.”
― Robert J. Sawyer, Hominids

“She’s an Istovari sorceress. They cursed you.”
“And it seems they let her be cursed,” Daindreth shot back, still waiting,
still watching the door. To his mind, Kadra’han vows were as good as a
curse.
Never one to pull punches, Thadred went on. “Do you really want to
marry a known assassin?” Thadred jabbed a finger toward the door where
Amira had gone with the guards. “Not knowing if you’ll get out of your
wedding night alive?”
Daindreth ignored him for several heartbeats, then whirled on his cousin
with a grin.
Thadred’s eyebrows shot up. “I didn’t know you were into that.”
― Elisabeth Wheatley, The Archduke: A Daindreth's Assassin novella

“It was interesting in that we were excluded entirely but after a while we got restless and went inside, where there were some more of us sitting on the steps that went up to the bathroom and bedrooms and this lot was talking among themselves like birds before they fly off in one jaggy but coordinated movement. There were ten of us cousins give or take and the tallest and also the oldest one was Travis. He was twelve. He looked at us with his long, swinging jaw, trying to weigh us up. Time had passed since the last time we’d all been together, his face said, but blood was blood.”
― Krystelle Bamford, Idle Grounds

“Sometimes she won’t listen,” he said, “when she’s mad.”

We knew this. Not about Abi but about ourselves. Now that we thought about it, we probably didn’t know Abi at all.”
― Krystelle Bamford, Idle Grounds