The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that it would be hard to find a family that didn't have a secret in it somewhere, and sometimes we know about them, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we have an inkling that there's something hidden, but I think that it touches everybody's life.
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always suspects they don't.
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
The obvious choice isn't always the best choice, but sometimes, by golly, it is. I don't stop looking as soon I find an obvious answer, but if I go on looking, and the obvious-seeming answer still seems obvious, I don't feel guilty about keeping it.
In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.
The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
'Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent.