In the old days, trouble was kept in the family, which is still the best place for it, not that there's ever a best place for trouble. Why stir everything up again after that many years, with all concerned tucked, like tired children, so neatly into their graves?

Margaret Atwood
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When trouble has been kept in the family it can be safely laid to rest. When families do not understand each other, they are not able to resolve their differences. When they do try to work out their differences, the result is chaos. Often, the family members cannot make up for lost time and sit like tired children, not willing to move forward.

Source: The Blind Assassin

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