That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

August Strindberg
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  2. That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. - Deb Caletti

  3. I may not always be with you But when we're far apart Remember you will be with me Right inside my heart - Marc Wambolt

  4. Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love! - Stieg Larsson

  5. But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes .. . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for. - Melina Marchetta

More Quotes By August Strindberg
  1. At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring the setting: these mingled touches betrayed on a small scale the inspiration of a poet, the research of a scientist, the good taste of an artist, the gourmet’s fondness for good food, and...

  2. Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.

  3. Yes, I am crying although I am a man. But has not a man eyes! Has not a man hands, limbs, senses, thoughts, passions? Is he not fed with the wine food, hurt by the same weapons, warmed and cooled by the same summer and...

  4. You do much worse things- you who can see to other planets."- Bertha, "The Father

  5. There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.

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