“Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.”

— André Gide

Familles, je vous hais! foyers clos; portes refermées; possessions jalouses du bonheur.
Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897), book IV

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French novelist and essayist 1869–1951

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