Rachel Cohn Quotes

I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.

I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries.

We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.

I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

I'm the daughter of a sister whose the mother of a brother who's the brother of another.

He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about as far as he wanted to extend the family.

You would think none of my brothers have jobs with how much time they spend on the phone with our mom.

I have two older sisters.

I always wanted siblings.

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there.

When you are one of six, your brothers and sisters become your best mates.

People say, 'Well, you're not Pau's little brother anymore.' I'm always going to be Pau's younger brother and Adria's older brother.

I think that your relationship is always changing with your siblings.

Families are complex organisms.

My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

This is so weird. They're your brother and aunt." "No, I understand. They're your family too." Rhys said. "They loved you and raised you. That's what family is, right?

Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on many families are out of proportion to anything two parents can handle.

I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.

In family matters you can get over anything. That's one thing you'll learn as an adult. There's a lot you have to learn which is a lot worse than that. You'd never think of forgiving a friend for some of the things your parents did to you. But with friends it's different. Friends aren't the roll of the dice.

If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you for life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child.

I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.

I've got three brothers; I think all of them are good human beings.

there are dozens and dozens of ways to be a family ... Family tends to happen.