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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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Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted. – Paul Pearshall

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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. Proverbs 18:19 – Bible

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Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. – Evan Esar

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My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him. – Ang Lee

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