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The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson, 1813

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If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable — each segment distinct. – Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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If you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve never been to a family reunion. – Ashleigh Brilliant

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If you live in a good neighborhood, you drive home and theres a bank. Theres grocery stores and big houses – but no motels. What that tells you psychologically is you protect your money and buy good things for your family to eat in your nice big house. – will.i.am

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When were dealing with the people in our family – no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs – we give from the deepest parts of ourselves. – Anne Lamott

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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. – Proverb

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I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms. – Giacomo Casanova

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