#cousin

You are shameless!” he said angrily. “Nonsense! You only say so because I drove your horses,” she answered. “Never mind! I will engage not to do so again.” “I’ll take care of that!” he retorted. “Let me tell you, my dear Cousin, that I should be better pleased if you would refrain from meddling in the affairs of my family!” “Now, that,” said Sophy, “I am very glad to know, because if ever I should desire to please you I shall know just how to set about it. I daresay I shan’t, but one likes to be prepared for any event, however unlikely.” He turned his head to look at her, his eyes narrowed, and their expression was by no means pleasant. “Are you thinking of being so unwise as to cross swords with me?” he demanded. “I shan’t pretend to misunderstand you, Cousin, and I will leave you in no doubt of my own meaning! If you imagine that I will ever permit that puppy to marry my sister, you have yet something to learn of me!” “Pooh!” said Sophy. “Mind your horses, Charles, and don’t talk fustian to me. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#cousin #fustian #pompous #family

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I. ↗

— Charles V

#cousin #francis #i #milan #perfect

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man. ↗

— Eric Stonestreet

#gay #growing #growing up #man #out

The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#my-cousin-rachel #life

I love the one that can't be loved. Because I just didn't have the luck to love the one that could be loved. ↗

— Leydi Morfa

#my-ex-s-cousin #romance #love

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. ↗

— Lee Child

#decisions #drama #first #i #make

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage. ↗

— Patrick White

#cousins #did #father #marriage #meet

Win, lose or draw, you're all my cousins and I love you. ↗

— Chill Wills

#draw #i #i love #i love you #lose

I had heard before that there were rumors I was gay. It's funny. My cousin gets his hair cut at this place, and one of the guys there told him that Scott Wolf was gay. He didn't realize that he was my cousin. ↗

— Scott Wolf

#cousin #cut #funny #gay #gets

Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping. ↗

— Owen Glendower

#cousin #his #keeping #lord #may