"One of the harder things to do when you have committed to each other far beyond friendship is to occasionally just be friends."
"The only thing that ever really impresses your relatives is your ability to fool other people."
"There is a tendency in family life to become whomever you must become in order to avoid any further discussion of the subject."
"What every child needs is the security of a loving family and an alternative source of information."
"One difference between friends and relatives is that a relative presumes you're innocent because you didn't mean it; a friend presumes you're innocent because you didn't do it."