Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

'Dank Dank' (Reflecting his inability to accept compliments for several years.)

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put us in an impossible situation.

'The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.'