"Familienbeziehungen gehören einer Sphäre an, in der die sonst üblichen Regeln des Urteils und des Handelns außer Kraft gesetzt sind. Sie sind ein Labyrinth von Spannungen, Streitereien und Versöhnungen, deren Logik widerspruchsvoll ist und deren Wertmaßstäbe und Kriterien oft so verborgen sind, wie der gekrümmte Raum eines in sich geschlossenen Universums."
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Arthur Koestler
1905 – 1983
ungarisch-englischer Schriftsteller
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