“I always judge a book by its cover.” - Stella

“If Dad makes you an offer, you always say yes, even if you don’t know what he’s offering.” - Ellis

“If I ever make a song, I want to die listening to that song.” - Stella Sriram

“Honestly, ducks are OP (overpowering). They can swim and fly and walk. Unfair.” Lily Sriram, two days shy of turning 14

“A rule of life to abide by: The more work I can make Daddy do, the better.” Lily, age 14

“I’ve trained my hair. I’ve trained my B.O.” Lily, age 14

“I see the sunrise every morning...on my way TO HELL.” – Ellis (because AP Bio starts real early)

Ellis: “Why are you folding a shirt on my head?” Amanda: “Because I have nowhere else to do it.” At the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park (6 of us in 1 room).

“You’re becoming someone I might like.” Amanda, toward Ellis

“I’m the good boyfriend, you know.” - Amanda, referring to the work she puts into Ellis’s relationship with his girlfriend

“I never leave the house without honey.” - Lily, age 16

“I know the ocean like the back of my hand.” - Stella, while watching The Meg on vacation

“I’ve always wanted to get broken up with and then get really committed to the gym.” - Lily, age 16

“You don’t win girls over with your nipples. You win them with your heart.” - Ellis, 19, giving advice to Levi, 3

“I’m officially in love with Calculus.” - Lily, because she is a nerd

“If you give people choices then they are not going to choose the right thing.” - Amanda, no context needed

“Going home is the best, isn’t it?” -Levi, age 3

Levi, 4 years old, offering people money. “Levi, where are you getting all this money?” Levi - “The Dollar Store.”

“Lily texts like a boy who is not interested in you.” - Stella, 15 years old

“I would look great bald. Hmmm. Not at first, but once my scalp got tan and freckly, I’d eat that up.” - Lily, 19 years old, after seeing a man on tv with a terrible tupee.