A Family Affair Quotes

“Sometimes you had to fight the bullies, even if they masqueraded in the form of family.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“Do not underestimate the importance of stating the obvious. Most people don’t because they think it goes without saying, but it does need saying. Like ‘I love you’ and ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘I can’t live without you’. You know, that kind of bullshit.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“Love has nothing to do with it. It’s commitment and toughness when your world shatters around you. It’s losing babies and jobs and hope. It’s sickness and pain, and disillusionment and broken dreams.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“Life could not be lived backward. There was no undoing the regret, but she could make one last attempt to seek forgiveness.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“They knew how to be content with the ordinary and the simple. There was something to be said for that, and if Anthony could only learn that sort of contentment, maybe he wouldn’t need those deep-breathing”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“Life was a strange mix of twists and turns, where incomprehensible loss often led to paths of unimaginable joy.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“Anybody that’s ever loved has been hurt, some worse than others. Hearts ripped, trust gone, even hope tossed in the trash.” Those eyes grew brighter, the voice softer. “But if you fight for it and keep talking, you can get through it to the other side. And that’s where you have another chance.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“The next challenge was how to give it to her. Should he just put it in the spare bedroom, take her by the hand, and when she spotted the cradle in the middle of the room say, “What do you think about a baby?” Did that sound ridiculous? Did he care?”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“Mothers always knew what was best for their children, and it was a mother’s duty to steer the child back onto the right track, especially if said child had gone astray—”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring

“There’s such a fine line between maintaining independence and knowing when you aren’t independent anymore.”
― Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Spring