“I wasn't yawning, I was just letting some fresh air into my mouth.” (After being accused of being tired.)

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

'Divorce is when mommy and daddy yell at each other then they spread apart. Then they put up a 'for sale' sign in front of the house and they spread farther and farther apart until they can't come back ever again and it's very sad.' (teaching her 4-year old brother)

“This is our house. And this is America Online.” (While pointing at a map of the North American continent.)

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put us in an impossible situation.