Dysfunctional Families Quotes

Dysfunctional Families Quote of the day

Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.

You think you have a handle on God, the Universe, and the Great White Light until you go home for Thanksgiving. In an hour, you realize how far you've got to go and who is the real turkey.

I was wrong last night. Kyler isn’t just trouble. He’s an apocalypse-level disaster waiting to happen. I need to find some fallout shelter to hide in. And quick.

There are orphanages, " he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, why, why, are there no harbours of refuge for grown men who have not yet lost them?

It’s the great surprise of my life that I ended up loving [my father] so much.

Under this aura of perfection he knows how flawed he really is but his intact denial system keeps this awareness suppressed in the far recesses of his mind.

Teenagers can spot hypocrisy a mile away and here I was telling them how to cope when they witnessed the shambles of my own life and how I was living.

If no one has boundaries…how can there be any transgression?

When you wear a mask, you are not real.

A woman in Charlotte approached me and said that she’s tired of the dysfunction in my novels. I told her I was sorry, but that is how the world has presented itself to me throughout my life.

Awkward silences rule the world. People are so terrified of awkward silences that they will literally go to war rather than face an awkward silence.

He knows I’ve seen something in him. Something I recognize, only because it exists in me too.

People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions.

There is a world of difference between the experienceof 'care' – the wiping of a bottom, the bathing of a body: basicbiological obligations – and the intimacy that makes us wantto live.

It is hundreds of tiny threads of memories, which sew people together through the years. Despite, their mental separation they stay woven into that tapestry out of habit, emotion, obsession or fear.

Being able to say, “No, ” is a necessary ingredient in a healthy lifestyle.

This imbalance causes resentments within the over-responsible and dependency with the irresponsible person and this dynamic becomes the destructive life-pattern not conducive to happy families.

Boundary violations are deeply experienced.

Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

One needn't stop dysfunction just evince and reflect.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

When you journey inwardly exploring yourself, a sense of personal trust begins.

Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.

Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.

The happy family is a myth for many.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

We are in the era of dysfunctional relationships.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

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

The strange part about a person’s lack of trust is that it often comes from not trusting themselves.

Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.

Being judgmental is a form of attack keeping others off balance.

ligion is the opiate of the masses." "I did masses of opiates religiously.