When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family. – Jim Butcher

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Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. – George Santayana

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A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow. ― Richard Bach

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Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. – Gail Lumet Buckley

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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. — Barbara Bush

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If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too

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Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. – Michael J. Fox

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A happy family is but an earlier heaven. - George Bernard Shaw

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