If you ever call my brother a "fag" again ... I will have you killed.

Kitty

[to Justin] Sometimes the things you are most afraid of are the things that make you the happiest.

Nora

Robert: You want a separation, you got it. Because I'm done. I'm done chasing you and I'm done trying to figure out what you want. If you want to move to Pasadena, move to Pasadena. You want to take Evan with you, we'll work out the terms of the custody. You want to tell everybody in the world that we're separating, do it.
Kitty: Robert.
Robert: You just closed the deal. Have Kevin work out the details, whatever you think is fair. And for the record, I didn't come down here because Kevin told me to. And I wasn't fighting you on the terms of the separation because I wanted to be Governor. I was fighting you on the terms of the separation because I believe that if you move out of our home, that you will never come back. You want a separation, this is what one looks like.

Kevin, this is insane! I've come back here, and Ojai Foods has turned into Ojai Dudes!

Sarah

Wait, is this a joke? Or does your OCD actually run on some sort of fuel that you're out of?

Scotty

See, it's this. It's just sitting here together, in a waiting room. Both of us trying to pretend we're not scared, that's love. Not being able to concentrate on writing a speech about the beauty of love because you're scared you might lose it and nothing will ever be the same. And realizing that the one place, the ONE place, that you feel most "you" is when you are lying next to her, just breathing.

Robert

Karin: Silence is as deep as eternity. Speech is as shallow as time.
Kevin: And this place is as nutty as a fruitcake.

This is the step where my son Justin split his head open when he was wasted out of his mind. Out there is the swimming pool where my husband drowned on my daughter's birthday. Up there in the very first bedroom is where I'm nursing Kitty through chemo. It's the very same bedroom that Sarah stayed in when she was going through her divorce. In there is the living room where my son Kevin married his partner Scotty. So this is the box I live in. It's not med school but it's not playing it safe either.

Nora

[to Rebecca] The only person I can't take care of is myself. I can't promise I'll never have doubts about myself, but I promise I'll never doubt us. Please, just give me a second chance. And marry me tomorrow.

Justin

Justin: Look, you gotta put a good face on this, right? Just act like this'll be fun. You know, it's you and mom hanging out on thanksgiving, you know, a couple single girls, ladies' night, you know? That way she won't freak out on us.
Sarah: I hope you all get salmonella and die.

Things can change in the blink of an eye.

Kitty

Nora: You were so calm, explaining everything to everyone. I forgot how good you are in a crisis.
Justin: Mom, you forgot because I'm the one usually causing the crisis.

Brothers & Sisters Quotes

No, no. No 'Buts'. You're not allowed to give up. You're not allowed to give up because you believe in your gut that this is right. And besides, we've all inherited this absurd drive to make things that, that yes, they seem complicated and they're messy, but we can turn them into something great.

Kitty

Do I at least get a cigarette and a chance to say my last words?

Nora