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The family — that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never

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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Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty. – Dodie Smith

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You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. Its a Catch-22 kind of thing. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

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