70+ Quotes for Cousins & Special Memories with Them

Remember playing with your cousins at family gatherings and special occasions? Cousins can be your first friendships and the first people you learn to love outside of your immediate family. If you think about it, you likely have some incredible memories with your cousins.

You may feel compelled to speak on a cousin’s behalf when he or she passes away. In that event, it may be helpful to have a quote that expresses exactly what you feel for this person.

Here are a few cousin quotes that express the value of this relationship and some of the memories you may have had together. 

Jump ahead to these sections:

• Funny Quotes About Cousins
• Cousin Birthday Quotes
• Quotes About a Cousin Who is Your Best Friend
• Quotes About Growing Up With Your Cousin
• Quotes to Show That You’re a Proud Cousin
• Quotes for a Cousin’s Eulogy or Funeral
• Famous Cousin Quotes

Funny Quotes About Cousins

You've likely had your fair share of laughter with your cousin. Here are a few quotes that are silly and fun and may explain exactly how you feel about that special cousin in your life. 

• God made us cousins because he knew our mothers couldn’t handle us as siblings.  
• Nobody will understand the craziness of your family better than your cousins.
• My cousin is my favorite partner in crime.
• I smile because you’re family. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it!
• Cousins are the friends that couldn’t get away from you even if they tried.
• Keep friends close, but your cousins closer. They know your family secrets!
• As cousins, remember that I am there to pick you up if you fall. But I’ll be laughing while I do it!
• Cousin, I am so proud of your impressive accomplishments. But remember – grandma liked me best.
• A cousin is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway.
• Cousins are fantastic. Well, mine are. I can’t speak for yours.

Cousin Birthday Quotes

Is it time to celebrate your cousin’s birthday? Here are some quotes that honor this special type of relationship. If you can't celebrate in person, you may want to add a 'missing you on your birthday' quote, as well.

• Happy birthday, cousin! I hope that all of your birthday wishes come true!
• I hope someone gives you a birthday cake that tastes as great as Grandma’s! Happy birthday!
• I miss you, cousin! I hope you have a terrific birthday full of good cheer.
• Cheers, Cousin! 
• You seem to improve with age! Happy birthday, cousin!
• I can’t wait to celebrate with you, cousin! Until then, happy birthday!
• Another year closer to getting cheap coffee at McDonald's! HB!
• Do you remember how old our parents seemed when we ran around at grandma’s house as kids? Uh, yeah . . . we are older than that now. Hope I didn’t just ruin your birthday!
• Let’s celebrate! You’ve survived another year!
• I love you, cousin! I hope you have the best birthday ever!

Quotes About a Cousin Who is Your Best Friend

Some of you are lucky enough to have cousins that are your best friends. Here’s how to celebrate those special friendships.

• A grandparent’s house is where a cousin becomes a best friend.
• In time of test, family is best.
• An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. 
• I am so lucky to have you in my life. I thank God for our friendship every day.
• Cousins are different flowers in the same garden. 
• Some people met their best friends at school. Others at work. I was lucky enough to meet my best friend at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.
• I know I didn’t get to pick you as my cousin! But I did get to choose you as my best friend!
• Cousins are many. Best friends are few. What a delight to find both in you.
• Maybe we are friends because we spent our childhood together. Maybe we’re friends because we share the same blood. But, whatever the reason, I am so thankful for you, cousin!
• I value our friendship so much! Thanks for being such a fantastic person, cousin!

Quotes About Growing Up With Your Cousin

The best part about having a cousin is that you get to create so many memories together and share in family history. Consider yourself incredibly lucky if you had the joyful experience of growing up with your cousin. 

• You share your earliest memories with your cousins. You are photographed together, share grandparents, and compete for attention. What a weird, wonderful, unique relationship! 
• A cousin is someone who knows how weird you were as a child but likes you anyway. 
• Cousins are friends that will love you forever. 
• When I think of my childhood, I think of time spent with cousins. 
• Cousins are your first best friends.
• Time passes, and we may be apart, but cousins always stay close at heart.
• The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.
• Cousin to cousin, we’ll always be special friends from the same family tree.
• Our roots say we’re cousins. Our hearts say we’re friends.
• Cousins are like fudge. Mostly sweet with a few nuts!

Quotes to Show That You’re a Proud Cousin

Cousins are more than just a name on the family tree. They mean a lot to us. Here are a few quotes that demonstrate just how much they matter in our lives and how their presence has a significant impact on us. 

• A real cousin walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
• Cousins are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait for the answer. 
• Treasure your cousins. They were your first friends and will love you forever.
• It’s not what we have but who we have in life that matters.
• We are a team. We are family.
• You and I are more than friends. We’re like a tiny gang.
• You are better than unicorns and sprinkles combined.
• Cousins are like a warm quilt in the coldness of life.
• Yes, we are aware of how obnoxious we were when we were together as kids. No, we don’t care.
• I feel bad for people who don’t have you as a cousin.

Quotes for a Cousin’s Eulogy or Funeral

If you have a close bond with your cousin, then there will come a day when the hardest thing you will have to do is say goodbye. Here are a few quotes that may be appropriate for your cousin’s funeral or as short eulogy examples.  

• You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
• Cousins are more than cousins; they are best friends who are there for us through it all.
• A cousin is someone whose smile helps when the roads are rough and long.
• Cousins are connected heart to heart. Distance and time can’t break them apart.
• In my cousin, I find a second self. — Isabel Norton
• The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. — George Santayana
• Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. — Jane Howard
• In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. — Eva Burrows
• To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. — Barbara Bush
• Blood’s thicker than water, and when one’s in trouble best to seek out a relative’s open arms. — Euripides

Famous Cousin Quotes

We love some of these funny, zany, touching quotes about cousins. Here’s what people have to say about family and cousins. 

• I always call my cousin because we’re so close. We’re almost like sisters, and we’re also close because our moms are sisters. — Britney Spears
• My dear young cousin, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. — Rick Riordan 
• One would be in less danger/ From the wiles of the stranger/ If one’s own kin and kith/ Were more fun to be with. — Ogden Nash
• You’re a disgrace to our family name of Wagstaff, if such a thing is possible. — Groucho Marx
• If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. — George Bernard Shaw
• Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. — George Burns
• The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. — Dodie Smith
• Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life. — Lisa Weed
• The family is the first essential cell of human society. — Pope John XXIII
• Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. — 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Showing Cousins You Care

We hope we have helped you find the right words to show your cousins that you care about them. The relationship between cousins is unlike any other. Cultivate it, care for it, and protect it.