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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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If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at ones friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family. – Jasmine Guy

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The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high. – Iain Duncan Smith

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While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did. – Bill Murray

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None but a mule denies his family. – Arabic Proverb

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