“When I'm unhappy with something, people know, because I don't want to hold on to it. I'd rather deal immediately with the stuff that bothers me, so using my network - my girlfriends, my husband, my mom - I talk a lot, I vent.” PeopleKnowsWantStuffDealsMomHusbandMy MomUnhappyBotherGirlfriendMy HusbandMy Girlfriend Author:Michelle Obama
“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.” WayWellsKindChildrenWantedMotherGuyFatherFunMomDadStandardsBlameUnhappyMemoirGrandmotherTypicalBroodingEleanorFun Loving Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“My mom said to me when I was a little kid, "You don't have to hate your job. Just because you see all these unhappy grown-ups doesn't mean you have to be one of them." She said, "Find something that you would do for free and find a way to get paid to do it." That's been my guiding principle.” WayMeanLittlesSaidKidsJobsHatePrinciplesMomPaidMy MomUnhappyHate YouLittle KidGuiding Principles Author:Jay Baruchel
“My mom was a frustrated woman, like so many unhappy women who didn't get the opportunities they wanted.” WantedOpportunityMomMy MomUnhappyFrustratedHappy Woman Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life.” KnowsMotherFatherSawsGrewMomGrew UpDiedAngryUnhappyPrizeFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Sonia Sotomayor