The most important thing in the world is family and love.

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

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

Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.

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

No matter the risks we take, we always consider the end to be too soon, even though in life, more than anything else, quality should be more important than quantity.

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Live the life you’ve dreamed.

Not all who wander are lost.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

Thinking about you is the tipping point where my nightmares end and sweet dreams begin.

The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask.

Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.

Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.

It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.