“Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends.”

“When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.”

“It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.”

“I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.”

“Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.”

“I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.”

“I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!”

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”

“There's a sort of sibling moratorium when you're establishing yourself as an adult. So much of your energy has to be focused on other things like work and kids. But when people become more settled, siblings tend to regroup because now you're building a new extended family.”