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Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved o

Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place. – Margaret Drabble

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You learn to put your emotional luggage where it will do some good, instead of using it to shit on other people, or blow up aeroplanes. – Margaret Drabble

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Margaret Drabble
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I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny. – Vin Diesel

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As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. – Josh Billings

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