The document contains several quotes about the importance and nature of families. It describes families as mostly sweet with some nuts, a social unit where different generations focus on different spaces, and God's gift to each other. Families are said to be a haven in a heartless world and that blood is thicker than water, so it's best to seek help from relatives when in trouble.
5. Family: A social unit where the father
is concerned with parking space, the
children with outer space, and the
mother with closet space. ~Evan
Esar
6. An ounce of blood is worth
more than a pound of
friendship.
~Spanish Proverb
7.
You don't choose your
family. They are God's gift
to you, as you are to
them. ~Desmond Tutu
8. The family is a haven in a heartless
world.
~Attributed to Christopher Lasch
9. In some families, please is described as the
magic word. In our house, however, it was
sorry.
~Margaret Laurence
10. Blood's thicker than water, and when one's in trouble
Best to seek out a relative's open arms.
~ Author Unknown