Every situation is different. But not knowing my birth mom left a big hole in my life. So I guess from my experience, if I had known my birth mom it would have saved me a whole lot of time in therapy.

Randall

Malik: Wow, nice hideout.
Randall: I am not hiding out. I am carving out a little space. There are a lot of strong opinionated women in there but now that you are here we are evening out the gender scale.

No you are not sucking up. You are angling for a promotion, which would be helpful because diapers are expensive.

Rebecca

I am grateful that your mother watched the girls while we were gone, but she is still here and it is hard to be around you two. The tension is thick and this porch is not inside.

Randall

I feel like all I do is breastfeed. And I am wearing cow pajamas. Oh my God, I'm literally a dairy farm.

Madison

You don't suck the air out of the room. You are the air.

Rebecca

I feel like there was a person I was before I went to the hospital. And the person I am now... I barely remember the girl I was four days ago.

Rebecca

Do me a favor and stop trying to live up to me. I was terrified of being like my dad and you are terrified of not being like yours. We both wasted a lot of time being quietly terrified. Close your eyes, decide what you want, and then you go and get it, son.

Jack

You know, when I was a kid, I had to do a family tree and it wasn't quite right. I knew they were my family, but they weren't where I came from. That's why you and your sister and your mother are so important to me. You're my branches.

Randall

Toby: I am sorry that Ellie is hurting. But we also knew that this was a plan and that plans change.
Kate: I grew up with a brother who didn't know his birth parents. I promised myself when we decided to adopt that Hailey wouldn't be like that.

Kevin, you're exhausted. I'm going to need you at your best and agro Liam Neeson movie Kevin is not you at your best.

Madison

Jack: Hey! I got three newborns in the car!
Other Driver: So? That's not my problem.

This Is Us Quotes

Rebecca: Do you have a dream? Sorry is that a stupid question?
Jack: No. It's just no ones really ever asked me that before. Right now I just want to make sure that my mom is okay. Get her settled at her friend's place, and then I don't know. A decent job, a wife, a family, a house that feels nothing like the house I grew up in. Is that a stupid answer?

Listen to me. Yes, when you made starring quarterback I was psyched cause I was excited to watch you take off. But Kevin, football is not the only thing that you have. You understand?

Jack