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