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Edmund Leach

"Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents."

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"Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents."

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"I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other. Having two good, solid oars made rowing much easier."

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"All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

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"Like all feelings felt for oneself, Mrs. Ramsay thought, it made one sad. It was so inadequate, what one could give in return; and what Rose felt was quite out of proportion to anything she actually was."

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"Oh, how terribly backwards, and yet sadly common, it is to sit scowling at family all the day long and then quickly put on a smile for strangers who drop by."

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"Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents."
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