In short, Daniel was once again a member of a family. Viewed from without they were a strange enough family: a rattling, hunchbacked old woman, a spoiled senile cocker spaniel, and a eunuch with a punctured career (for though Rey didn’t live with them, his off-stage presence was as abiding and palpable as that of any paterfamilias away every day at the office). And Daniel himself. But better to be strange together than strange apart. He was glad to have found such a haven at last, and he hoped that most familial and doomed of hopes, that nothing would change. Thomas M. Disch
About This Quote

The quote above is from the book "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story of a little girl who is an orphan, lives in a home for unwed mothers and grows up to be a lady. This book is about uniting with family despite their flaws, despite their mistakes. This book is about how having family can make you feel better about yourself even when you know that they are not perfect.

Before Daniel was brought into the house of Blythe, he lived in an orphanage. He was abandoned by his mother, and the only thing he had was his father's ring which he wore on his finger. However, after some time, Daniel was adopted by Mr.

and Mrs. Blythe. They didn't know that Daniel was born with a birthmark on his face or that he was adopted because of that birthmark.

They thought it was just a mark on his face which made him look like an orphan but it actually symbolized something more; it represented the heartbreak of his life which had led him to be alone and unloved in an orphanage all these years. However, Daniel knew that the Blythes were the ones who saved him from that dark place in which he had been living all of his life; they showed him love and acceptance; they gave him a family of his own and made him feel like he belonged somewhere once again even though this place wasn't quite like what he had ever imagined it to be like before coming here.

Source: On Wings Of Song

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