{"quotes":[{"text":"You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.","author":"Donna K. Childree","tags":["adopted-kids","adoption","dysfunctional-families","dysfunctional-family","mothers","the-wayward-gifted"],"id":88458,"author_id":"Donna+K.+Childree"},{"text":"Keep your heart wide open and you’ll be received with open hearts — not by everyone, but to be received by one open heart is more than worth the journey.","author":"Marnie Grundman","tags":["abandonment","abandonment-issues","childhood-trauma","dysfunctional-family","family-relationships","fatherless","fathers-and-daughters","inspirational","love","marnie-grundman","open-heart"],"id":114315,"author_id":"Marnie+Grundman"},{"text":"You never turn away family, no matter how f***ed up they are.","author":"Ronald Velesovsky","tags":["acoa","alcoholic","alcoholism","dysfunctional-family","prose","wisdom"],"id":196837,"author_id":"Ronald+Velesovsky"},{"text":"Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial. The denial forces members to keep believing the myths and vital lies in spite of the facts, or to keep expecting that the same behaviors will have different outcomes.Dad's not an alcoholic because he never drinks in the morning, in spite of the fact that he's drunk every night.","author":"John Bradshaw","tags":["addiction","alcoholic-parent","alcoholism","denial","dysfunctional-families","dysfunctional-family"],"id":251323,"author_id":"John+Bradshaw"},{"text":"It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.","author":"David W. Earle","tags":["change","chaos","co-dependence","codependency","dysfunctional","dysfunctional-family","family","family-drama","habits","love","recovery"],"id":251880,"author_id":"David+W.+Earle"},{"text":"In Ireland we have the phenomenon known as a 'Spoiled Priest.' Unlike a spoiled child, this does not refer to a Priest throwing a temper tantrum.","author":"J.P. Sexton","tags":["dysfunctional-family","humorous","ireland","irish-culture","memoir","reverse-emigration"],"id":273750,"author_id":"J.P.+Sexton"},{"text":"We are in the era of dysfunctional relationships.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["dysfunction","dysfunctional","dysfunctional-families","dysfunctional-family","era","relationship","relationship-advice","relationship","relationships","time","we"],"id":308465,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"When I was your age, I would go to plays all the time, just sit in the darkness and try to take it all in inside me. Contain everything in some corner of my heart so that when I had my shot, it could all come pouring out - all the lights and moments and colour.","author":"Brenna Ehrlich","tags":["band","color","colour","concert","daughter","dysfunctional-family","kodak-moment","light","memory","moment","mother","music","performance","play"],"id":316678,"author_id":"Brenna+Ehrlich"},{"text":"One needn't stop dysfunction just evince and reflect. ","author":"Andy Harglesis","tags":["dysfunctional","dysfunctional-families","dysfunctional-family","life","life-lessons","misery","mistakes","philosophy"],"id":377338,"author_id":"Andy+Harglesis"},{"text":"Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.","author":"Lois McMaster Bujold","tags":["bleeding-ulcers","dysfunctional-families","dysfunctional-family","family","problems"],"id":391531,"author_id":"Lois+McMaster+Bujold"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}