Agree Quote by Peter Orner
“I agree with the Lev Tolstoy quote completely, but I also feel like there's more to it. What is a happy family and an unhappy family? We're probably both of those things at the same time.”
About This Quote
The speaker agrees with Tolstoy but sees families as both happy and unhappy simultaneously.
In simple terms: Families can be both happy and unhappy.
Key Takeaway
Accept family complexity.
Themes
family dynamics
paradox
emotional nuance
Mood
thoughtful
analytical
Type
philosophical
personal
When to use this quote
- family therapy
- personal reflection
- social relationships
Key Concepts
psychology
literary analysis
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you reconcile mixed feelings?
- What defines a happy family?
A Different Perspective
Complexity may cause confusion.
![“In high school I read [Lev] Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" and loved it. Then I read [Friedrich] Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" and that hit me hard. I don't know where I got it. My parents warned me not to mention either of those books when I went for my college interviews so I wouldn't seem…” quote by Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d5f/stephen-greenblatt-10786_anna_in-high-school-i-read-lev-tolstoy-s-anna_2323091.jpg)
![“[Lev] Tolstoy is not a boy-writer. He's a grown-up. And [Fedor] Doestoeivski is not a boy-writer.” quote by Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9dd/paul-auster-351_boys_lev-tolstoy-is-not-a-boy-writer-he-s-a-g_2090146.jpg)
![“I would say it was [ifluence] all the Greeks and the Russian classics like [Lev] Tolstoy, [Andrey] Goncharov,[Fedor] Dostoyevsky, [Alexander] Pushkin, and the international classics in Russian translation like Victor Hugo, George Sand, Charlotte Bronte, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain.” quote by Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/002/vera-nazarian-1671_bronte_i-would-say-it-was-ifluence-all-the-gree_2921445.jpg)
![“How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy Bysshe] Shelly and [John] Wordsworth; you can sense the vast inequalities of Tsarist Russia in [Anton] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy.” quote by Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/544/adam-hochschild-4138_chekhov_how-many-really-great-writers-are-there_1459719.jpg)
![“I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank.” quote by John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c2c/john-mccain-465_agree_i-will-not-agree-to-have-this-bill-to-re_7321.jpg)
