The Unfavourite/Quotes

What kind of father has a favourite daughter? And if you do, you should label them: favourite and un-favourite!

—Dave Foley in The Wrong Guy

Faramir: You wish I had died and Boromir had lived.
Denethor: Yes. I wish that.

—The Lord of the Rings

"My father says [my sister] was born lucky. He says I was lucky to be born."

—Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender

My mother's love was always inexplicably linked to kickball,
and my brother was an expert from the start.
But I lacked finesse, so when put to the test,
I couldn't kick my way right into her heart.

—Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb

Mom always liked you best.

—Tom Smothers to Dick Smothers in one of the skits in the comedy album titled (What else?) Mom Always Liked You Best.

Mallory divides his children into the "golden child" and the "scapegoat." He rewards and trains the golden child to be like him. Crime pays, he says. He bullies the scapegoat.
Mallory's spouse becomes an "enabler" who justifies Mallory's behavior to the children. She shields him from criticism. She takes part in the winner/loser division of the children.

—The Psychopath Code by Pieter Hintjens, chapter 5

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