Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it so…

Mignon McLaughlin
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Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back. ✨ The Complete Neurotic's Notebook. Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.
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