Things can change in the blink of an eye.

Kitty

Kitty: You are young and you are beautiful.
Rebecca: Are you drunk?

Kitty: You are gonna have to embrace your inner princess.
Rebecca: I don't have an inner princess.
Kitty: You are gonna have to get one.

From the minute my kids were born all I did was worry about them. I thought surely this will stop when they get older but no. What I worry about has changed but I'm still worrying. And what good has all this worrying done? None. With or without it my kids are doing just fine. They're happy and they're fine. I just need to learn to relax. I deserve to be happy.

Nora

Nora: Please, please, please. Just be nice tonight. Just be yourselves.
Kevin: Be nice or be ourselves. Which is it?

Nora: He's my son. He's my son, damn it. I know why he came to you. The same reason William did. Because you are comfortable dealing in lies, Saul, you always have been.
Saul: Tell me something. What are you comfortable with, Nora? Truth? I don't think so. If you wanted to know the truth about William, all you had to do was open your eyes. But you didn't want to. You made it very clear that you were better off not knowing the messy parts.

Justin: The last thing I need is another sibling.
Rebecca: I'm sure you said the same thing about me but look where that got us?
Justin: If you really think that I'm going to be dating Ryan in a year, that's really weird and gross.

Kitty: Mom, you know what? I'm very proud of you. It sounds like you've developed some boundaries.
Nora: Well let me tell you, when your son is charged with embezzling from the family business, it does make you pause and rethink your parenting strategy.

Kevin: Are we ever going to have sex again?
Scotty: I don't know. I'm busy. My work, your family. Maybe we need to schedule it.
Kevin: What, like sex at 4 o'clock. That's really romantic.
Scotty: Appointment sex. That's what married couples have to do.

Kevin: My boss is on sick leave. As is my sex life.
Sarah: Great! I mean not your sex life. But this is great, this is good. I mean, you guys could have some real quality brother time.
Kevin: Don't push it.

Ryan: Growing up we had this rule. No religion, politics or sex at the table.
Sarah: Oh don't worry. We hardly ever have sex at the table.

Sarah: How long does it take to make a cup of coffee?
Kitty: A lot less time than it does to convince our younger naive brother that not everything in the world is a capitalist conspiracy.
Sarah: (to Ryan) Oh, you're taking on my sister already? I like you more and more.

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