The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family.

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!

Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open

But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath.

It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith, p112

I kind of have to go to the bathroom," Aria said woozily. Ezra smiled. "Can I come?

That's immortality my darlings" Spencer said.