The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

Dodie Smith
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The family is more powerful than the individual. It is more complex, more inscrutable, more paradoxical, and probably more deadly. The family has the ability to make us feel loved while also making us feel that we are useless.

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