Family Reunion Quotes

“As she watched, she realized a kind of force field kept her parents together so that even as they fought, they were two halves of a whole. They were joined not only by the laws of marriage and the passage of time and the parenting of a child but by an invisible yet unbreakable bond that held them together even as they struggled to be apart.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“It can change the way you feel about things,” Eleanor reminded her. “A walk by the sea is always good for the soul.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“She loved them both, of course, but they weren’t nearly as interesting as any one thing she might be doing on any day. Her life was the song. Her parents were background music.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“She always gave herself some time to browse the library shelves to check out new reads she hadn’t heard about and wasn’t sure she would want to stick with. Like agreeing to only coffee on a first date, rather than an entire meal.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“How odd it was, Eleanor thought, to have grown children who’ve become people you don’t really know. Or maybe it was this way only in her family.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“Eleanor and Ari had been like human magnets from the moment Ari was born.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“free-floating anxiety,” suddenly hit by an anxiety attack brought on by the world news or a friend’s accident or simply by living in this curious world.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“How odd it was, Eleanor thought, to have grown children who’ve become people you don’t really know.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion

“I can’t even count the twinges in my hinges, but as they say, if you don’t wake up in the morning without something aching, you’re dead.”
― Nancy Thayer, Family Reunion