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To say that a family is happy I think is to diminish it, taking out what is interesting. Growing up, I don't think my family was any happier or unhappier than anyone else's. My mother and father should have been divorced or never even married. On the other hand, I remember many moments of happiness.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us.

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

You come from a happy family; you want to create a happy family.

A 'good' family, it seems, is one that used to be better.

The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. That act alone may increase the odds that your family will thrive for many generations to come.

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.

I'm never happier than when I'm with my family.

There's a special place in heaven for caregivers.