Books Quote by Pearl S. Buck

Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.

— Anonymous

The family I grew up in was very inflexible and harsh. It left me with the feeling that if you do let somebody down…

— Michel Faber

“So at family gatherings… I try to stick to the acceptable script. Indeed, I discover that the less I say, the happier everyone seems…

— Kiera Van Gelder

Once you feel you are avoided by someone never distrub them again ..

— Tinku Razoria

I have a pretty close family and there are certain similarities - maybe a lot of families have this - where geographically, we're separated,…

— Justin Hartley

I depend on my family and friends a lot. I have a group of people I'm always honest and current with. I try to…

— Christina Perri

Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Every family is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not.

— Shailene Woodley

Many people's unhappiness is rooted in the habitual role they play. While our family role may have made sense growing up, it often wreaks…

— Lauren Mackler

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

But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone…

— Nate

“I always hear people talk about 'dysfunctional families.' It annoys me, because it makes you think that somewhere there's this magical family where everyone…

— Neal Shusterman