One situation — maybe one alone — could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.

Patricia Highsmith
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One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness. This is such a wise thing to say and such a good quote. It means that we're all different and we all have different things that we don't like about our family life, but we all love our family and don't want to be apart of it.

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