Books Quote by Julia Alvarez

“Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that great tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle, and divides us…

— Anonymous

When any character gets killed, there's always a sadness about that, because they're part of the family in a way.

— Jeremy Podeswa

Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it.

— George Eliot

The family is both mystery and reality; it houses our bodies and our spirits.

— Tian Dayton

If you connect emotionally with the plight of those characters, ou feel what they feel and you walk away with a sense of understanding…

— Khaled Hosseini

“It is the mess that readers love. The fact that sometimes the people who love us the most aren't people we're related to, but…

— Kristine Grayson

In each family a story is playing itself out, and each family's story embodies its hope and despair.

— Auguste Napier

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our…

— Gloria Steinem

I think I am fascinated with slightly tragic characters.

— Janhvi Kapoor

I don't think anybody deals well with tragedy or grief, but maybe my characters are particularly bad at it. Which is why I love…

— Dan Chaon

The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing…

— Erma Bombeck

When I imagine my viewer - and it sounds saccharine - but it's a family thing. People in line for my books came as…

— Greg Gutfeld