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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Mignon McLaughlin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Mignon McLaughlin: life dates 1913 to 1983. Wikidata Q6844273, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6844273 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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