My Aunt Quotes

My Lord, Aunt Stephanie, you almost gave me a heart attack! — Harper Lee

I believe God is offering me the chance to lift someone who needs me. My aunt taught me there's always someone who needs us. — Dorothy Adamek

From an aunt, long ago: Death has come for me many times but finds me always in my lovely garden and leaves me there, I think, as an excuse to return. — Robert Breault

and grabbed Great Aunt Elsa and my passport. I stood in — Victoria Twead

"Oh!" said my aunt, "I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting." — Charles Dickens

My nephew is a manipulative, scheming, unscrupulous son of a bitch. And those are his good qualities. — Kelley Armstrong

My aunt and uncle would come over when my mom was making this, or we would go over there when they were making that. That's what food is. — Manish Dayal

I was a bio major, and I was going to take over my aunt's dental practice and be a dentist. — Michael Steger

I hope that my niece in 20 years is going to say to me, 'Aunt Stevie, what was with your hair?' — Stevie Nicks

My dad is shagging your aunt, probably right now. That makes us almost family. — Jennifer Ashley

My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.' — Edward Abbey

Sanity's overated, my darling. — Richelle Mead

My Aunt Marsha ruled the family with a rod of iron. She was one wicked, mean woman. — Karolyn Grimes

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes. — Jamie Wyeth

My aunt once said the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness. — Jack Kerouac

Do not be deceived by this face for my brain remains magnificent. ---- Aunt Berna — Jenny Ackland

I studied physical therapy, and I started to study theater because my aunt is a theater director. — Miguel Angel Silvestre

Although my aunt warned me that he would get me in trouble, I could hear a new call and see a new horizon... — Jack Kerouac

All my aunts in the Phillipines, they look at me and say 'Darreeeeeen! You so thin! Eat!' — Darren Criss

I was one of six kids; my grandmother lived with us. We had an aunt who used to have nerves, and all her kids would turn up and live with us. — Richard Flanagan

I was inspired to make music since I was 7 because my aunt is a songwriter. — Shamir

Growing up, I wanted to be a sports commentator. Then my aunt introduced me to the fashion industry, and everything sort of fell into place. — Olivia Palermo

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt. — Chuck Nevitt

Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous. — Sister Parish

I still ached for my aunt, but Sydney was here, my hope and my anchor. I wasn't alone. — Richelle Mead

This was not Aunt Dahlia, my good and kindly aunt, but my Aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth. — P.G. Wodehouse

I could not spend the rest of my life sitting in Brazil writing down who called whom uncle and aunt. — Alan Furst

My aunts lived on liquor and seldom felt like eating much. I don't know what's wrong about a kid stealing when he's hungry. — Ethel Waters

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures. — Dolly Parton

I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading, I would say, "To each his own." — Sefi Atta

Unless I have my aunt or my boyfriend to take care of me, I'm a little pathetic. — Rufus Wainwright

My Aunt Marion used to always tell me 'a touch of sun adds an air of intrigue ... ' — Tim Quinn

My aunt gave me a walkie-talkie for my birthday. She says if I'm good, she'll give me the other one next year. — Steven Wright

Aunt Agatha is my tough aunt, the one who eats broken bottles and conducts human sacrifices by the light of the full moon. — P.G. Wodehouse

My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write. — Wendi Deng Murdoch

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress. — Felicia Day

My great-aunt ... said nobody under 18 had any business reading Dickens ... She was right. — Ursula K. Le Guin

It is quite all right," Miranda said. "There is a mad aunt lurking in my family close. We let her out, of course. But only at Christmastime. — Kristen Callihan

Some of the best advice my aunt gave me was if you want to find out more about something you read. — Amanda Penland

Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18. — Tori Amos

My aunt and uncle are clearly civilians. — Jimmy Kimmel

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming. — Lord Mountbatten

I was taught the alphabet by my aunts before I was four years old, and I was reading the Bible in class and beginning geography when I was six. — Simon Newcomb

Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you. — Charles Dickens

My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt. — Princess Margaret

So you're an angel, fine, that's terrific. Now give me back my shadows. (Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel) — Peter S. Beagle

My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning. — Robert Ripley

I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole. — Pat Conroy

Oh, my giddy aunt! — Gail Carriger

I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean' aunt. — Dana Spiotta

My aunt Marge has been so ill for so long that we've started to call her I can't believe she's not better — Milton Jones

My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment. — Tyra Banks

I am myself in spite of my memories." -Aunt Nicki — Sarah Beth Durst

Rome, Abby." I ignored him and turned to my aunt. "A month before my father disappeared, he needed you in Rome. Now I need you in Rome. — Ally Carter

Shades of Harry the deserter, I thought furiously. What in God's name is the British army coming to? Glorious traditions, my aunt Fanny. — Diana Gabaldon

I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!' — Julia Roberts

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie? — Billy Wilder

Take my camel, dear,' said my aunt Dot, climbing down from that animal on her return from high Mass. — Rose Macaulay

My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt's restaurants. — Ben Feldman

I remember admiring my aunt's - my mom's sister's - fashion, which was very feminine and sexy, but always sophisticated. — Stephanie Sigman

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage. - Aunt Frances — Alice Hoffman

Will you stop meddling in my love life?" I growled.
"I'm not meddling. I'm offering commentary. — Ilona Andrews

My aunt always says that if you put your mind to it, you can do absolutely anything," Jake said. "Is that true?" "No," I said. "It's nonsense. — Lemony Snicket

Was I wrong? Was I imagining a problem where there wasn't one? Of course my great aunt Maureen always said even a broken clock is right twice a day. — Suzanne M. Trauth

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. — Erica Jong

"Well," said my aunt, "this is his boy - his son. He would be as like his father as it's possible to be, if he was not so like his mother, too." — Charles Dickens

I basically don't do that well with children, although my sister says I'm a great aunt. — Ann B. Davis

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive. — Tyler Perry

One of my cousins is named Lucifer. I once asked my aunt why and she said, Because I wanted him to be beautiful and to think for himself. — Ilona Andrews

I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. — Giada De Laurentiis

I had four brothers, no sisters, and shared a tiny bedroom with my maiden aunt for the first seventeen years of my life. I had no choice but to write. — Margaret Hermes

My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family. — Bobby Clarke

My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it. — Dick Dale

Good'?" my aunt said. "Children are good. Dogs are good. This is theater, Jane. — Melissa Bank

As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board. — Mary Quant

Animals, Mark, have no use for nostalgia, Aunt Kenna says. It is not a tool for survival, my darling. But — Ali Smith

My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job! — Ken Spillman

Go to bed, Cammie," my aunt ordered, sounding exactly like my mother.
"No," I said, sounding exactly like my aunt. — Ally Carter

I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes. — George Eads

With my aunt, I definitely can relate to how she makes a movie because she does it with her own demeanor, which isn't this loud presence. — Gia Coppola

...and, my dear aunt, if you do not tell me in an honourable manner, I shall certainly be reduced to tricks and stratagems to find out. — Jane Austen

My mom was a hairdresser. My aunt was a hairdresser. My brother was a hairdresser. My sisters are hairdressers. — Mark Ruffalo