"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."
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Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlin (June 6, 1913 – December 20, 1983) was an American journalist and author.
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