#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

In truth, I am a single mother. But I don't feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#also #am #aunts #cousins #daughter

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running. ↗

— Martin Lel

#champion #concentrate #convinced #cousin #los

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker. ↗

— Spike Lee

#cousin #filmmaker #lee #malcolm

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself. ↗

— J.A. Froude

#death

Being alive means living fully extended. Like Orafoura’s cousin, who is 2.5 inches tall, but has a five-inch penis. You can’t say that’s average, because how many people do you know whose penis is twice as long as they are? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cousin #funny #living #orafoura #penis

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 cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#big #clock #cousins #find #gay

We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins. ↗

— Robin Williams

#cloning #cousins #had #south #years

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