The phrase “family affair” typically refers to a situation, event, or activity that involves or concerns members of a family. It suggests that the matter at hand is specific to or revolves around family members and is often used to describe an event where family members come together or work together towards a common goal or in a cooperative manner. It can also imply that the situation is private or personal and may not involve outsiders or non-family members.
Family Affair Quotes
1. “Gardening is a cooperative affair. I am a part of a neighborhood in which plants, dirt, rocks, and a human family participate collectively in a love affair with the place.”
— Jim Nollman
2. “The simple act of being completely attentive and present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being. It is happiness that isn’t bound to a particular situation, happiness that can withstand change.”
— Sharon Salzberg
3. “My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.”
— Maya Angelou
4. “If you can’t keep a promise to your family, can’t keep a promise to your wife, you’re having an affair, you’re lying about the affair repeatedly. Why should the American people trust you when you say you’re not gonna lie to them? Why should we trust you?”
— Sean Hannity
5. “These stories always take us to some faraway places which we can never visit in real life.”
— Viraj J. Mahajan
6. “Had he not been the keeper of the flame, of anguish, trapped under the brilliance of what she had been to him? He had been a man of permanence, how could he have swayed to emotion like this?”
— Noorilhuda
7. “There are so many moments in our life which we cannot describe with mere words. There are not enough adjectives to justify the emotions behind such moments. Those moments are your life- they define who you truly are.”
— Viraj J. Mahajan
8. “This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents, and the House – and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important – his and his family’s well-being.”
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz
9. “I’ve been having an affair, but I still believe in family values.”
— Paul Johnson
10. “I’d like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics as I have, it needs to be a family affair.”
— Melanie Roach
11. “Salvation is a family affair.”
— Bruce R. McConkie
12. “Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one’s family and affairs.”
— Thomas Jefferson
13. “Every day is different and improvised. Sometimes, a song can lead to a completely different adventure. You can’t control it.”
— Hiromi
14. “Dinner was a lonely affair. It was funny how you could be surrounded by your family, your blood, and yet feel totally alone. Even with the sun shining on the sparkling shores of English Bay and Josh at my side, I felt like I was invisible, and in a dark, dark place.”
— Karina Halle
15. “She was now drowning in that pool of desires without having any idea about the depth of it.”
— Viraj J. Mahajan
16. “When Devon Donovan’s family buys Isabelle Cooper’s florist shop as an investment, she isn’t sure if it’s the worst thing that could happen … or her golden opportunity to get the gorgeous billionaire to finally notice her.”
— Susan Meier
17. “Eve. The Lee family reunion, never a lively affair, is interrupted.”
— Agatha Christie
18. “Reality depends on perspective, on what is paid attention to.”
— Lisa Genova
19. “Parents have to get over the idea that their children belong just to them; children are a family affair.”
— Frank Pittman
20. “Amazon was a family affair in another way. MacKenzie, an aspiring novelist.”
— Brad Stone
21. “I have a dad-ager. My dad is really good at the business end of things. But it’s really a family affair. My mother handles all my social media stuff – Facebook, Twitter, e-mails, that kind of thing.”
— Jencarlos Canela
22. “One newcomer, asked why he had killed his wife and children, told the superintendent: I don’t know why I am telling you all of this. It’s none of your business As a matter of fact it was none of the judge’s business either. It was a purely family affair.”
— Simon Winchester
23. “Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody, people of all walks of life. If a building is to meet the needs of all the people, the architect must look for some common ground of understanding and experience.”
— John C. Portman Jr.
24. “I am simply not interested in the pots and pans affair, and neither can I bring myself to be interested in the same. I have such great cooks in the family that I would rather manage the other affairs and leave the kitchen to those who know it best.”
— Kajol
25. “She was a few inches taller than him and when for the first time her promising eyes met with his, he knew it would be more than friendship. He was too young to name that feeling then. But love…above all relationships knows no age.”
— Viraj J. Mahajan
26. “The gun was in Mrs. Jones’s left hand. She put her right hand behind her, between my legs, then held on to my cock like it was a leash.”
— Eric Jerome Dickey
27. “Despite noble depravity, there was something intoxicating about high society.”
— Brandon Sanderson
28. “Those who boast are not respected.”
— Laozi
29. “The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.”
— Rex Stout
30. “He’s the kind that lets out all his sail and then puffs to make his own wind.”
— Rex Stout
31. “They were too cold and there was no lime, but today was obviously about hardships.”
— Karen Chance
32. “They were short and squat and had too many limbs, and he had no idea what either of them was. But they looked suspicious.”
— Karen Chance
33. “Pritkin, it’s a hotel room, not a death trap!” A glance over his shoulder showed him impatient blue eyes under a fall of messy blond curls. “Anyway, you’re here.”“I can’t protect you from everything,” he forced himself to say, because it was true. It was also frankly terrifying in a way that his own mortality was not. He’d never had children, but he sometimes wondered if this was how parents felt when catching sight of a fearless toddler confidently heading toward a busy street. Not that his charge was a child, as he was all too uncomfortably aware. But the knowledge of just how many potentially lethal pitfalls lay in her path sometimes caused him that same heart-clenching terror.And the same overwhelming need to throw her over his lap and spank the living daylights out of her, he thought grimly, when she suddenly popped out of existence. “Cassie!”
— Karen Chance
34. “I’m about to rupture something,” he was informed, as the big, gaily wrapped box she was carrying smacked into the small of his back again. She had an uncanny ability to hit the same spot every time.”
— Karen Chance
35. “After a long time, one small hand moved, slowly, tentatively, tracing the feathers falling around her, stroking the black slashes along one huge wing. She didn’t ask where he’d gotten them, didn’t ask why they mimicked the marks on his shoulder. She didn’t ask, just kept running her soft fingers through the down, along the spines…”How long will they last?””A few hours,” he said hoarsely. He should tell her, he thought, that the feathers weren’t just a projection. That for the moment for however long the Irin’s essence held out, they were an innate, physical part of him. And that her fingers stroking along the marks felt just like they once had, moving over his scars. He ought to tell her, ought to ask her to stop. It’s what a gentleman would do, he knew that. But then he was half demon. And tonight, he thought maybe he’d just go with that. “They’re nice,” she murmured, pulling one around her. “Yes.” One hand tightened in her thick soft hair. “Yes.”
— Karen Chance
36. “She was the oddest combination of contradictions he’d ever met -innocence and sensuality, candour and diplomacy, anxiety and utter fearlessness. He hadn’t even begun to figure out how her mind worked. But she was damn well going to live long enough for him to try.”
— Karen Chance
37. “He loved her. Had loved her the minute he set eyes on her. Had he been waiting for her to give him a sign, a clue, that she felt the same way. She’d told him that she loved his eyes, his smile, that she felt safe with him. Wasn’t the man supposed to make the first move? But they were of different faiths. How could he expect her to know or understand what he was thinking if he didn’t tell her? The playing field had to be level; only then did the game start.”
— Fern Michaels
38. “A dream. He wondered if dreams ever came true. No, those dreams were gone forever.”
— Fern Michaels
39. “She was there! At a palace! Trish strained to see through the heavily tinted windows but was unsuccessful. In a minute, she’d be outside. Then, a few minutes after that, she’d be inside the palace. A real palace.”
— Fern Michaels
