Familial Relationships Quotes

“Well, naturally. Keir is descended from my line. Our virility is unmatched."
Westcliff tried to look severe. "You realize, Kingston, that my first grandchild has been sired by your illegitimate offspring."
"Yes, yes, who cares about legitimacy. This child will be magnificent. With my looks and your brains..."
"It could have my looks and your brains," Westcliff pointed out.
"Don't be such a pessimist. Bring the brandy bottle over here, and we'll start making plans."
And the two old friends grinned at each other as they clinked their glasses.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Disguise

“Family isn’t just a social construct, you know darling, it is formed in the heart. It’s instinctive, this feeling of belonging to someone whose absence keeps you incomplete. . .”
― Franciska Soares, They Whisper in my Blood

“With her two daughters Minnie was strict and demanding, always reminding them of their royal duties. With her three growing sons she was far more permissive than with the girls, more like an older sister or intimate friend than mother, conspiring with the boys to deflect the temper of their father. Minnie would wheedle, charm and deceive Sasha. Nicky was especially close to his mother, ready to accept her advice, and unfortunately she encouraged his dependence on her rather than helping him to develop a style of leadership unsuitable for his future responsibilities.”
― John Curtis Perry, The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga

“Mrs. De Ropp would never, in her honestest moments, have confessed to herself that she disliked Conradin, though she might have been dimly aware that thwarting him "for his good" was a duty which she did not find particularly irksome. Conradin hated her with a desperate sincerity which he was perfectly able to mask. Such few pleasures as he could contrive for himself gained an added relish from the likelihood that they would be displeasing to his guardian, and from the realm of his imagination she was locked out--an unclean thing, which should find no entrance.”
― H. H. Munro, Saki

“The Word by Stewart Stafford

Though you have lost me, now you see,
My prophecy to thee proved ever true,
Absolving your wrongs done to me,
In verdant fields of harmony anew.

If I stayed, they said you would pay,
In excoriating loss, I secured your sanctuary,
I am the sentinel that prepares the way,
Evolving beyond the dusty ossuary.

Tongues with riddles lie in their reaching,
By living, know your false self’s meaning,
Insight doth bloom through time’s enduring,
Our Spring lamb in lush meadows weaning.

© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Everything that is abusive is allowed to end.”
― Deanna L. Lawlis