I love books about dysfunctional families.

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

— Gene Hackman

People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.

— Sue Grafton

“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.”

— John Bradshaw

We all come from dysfunctional families and these days I guess that's pretty normal.

— Carnie Wilson

'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family.

— Sara Shepard

“Thus polyvictimization or complex trauma are "developmentally adverse interpersonal traumas" (Ford, 2005) because they place the victim at risk not only for recurrent stress…

— Christine A. Courtois

Kids who are middle class, socioeconomically, are surrounded by mentors. They have coaches, teachers, they have family friends, their parents have friends. They might…

— Soledad O'Brien

Yeah, sometimes it gets a little sappy for me, but I'm tired of hearing about dysfunctional families in sitcoms. That's been done to death,…

— Mike Judge

Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.

— Lisa Kleypas

Your whole being is involved in taking care of someone else, worrying about what they think of you, how they treat you, how you…

— Cynthia Heimel

We all have rosy memories of a simpler, happy time- a time of homemade apple pie and gingham curtains, a time when Mom understood…

— Cynthia Heimel

When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners coming in…

— Arne Duncan

“Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.”

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households.…

— Charles de Lint

“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial. The denial forces members to keep believing the myths and vital lies in spite of…

— John Bradshaw