world is one big family
Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.
It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
extraordinary, acquainted, family
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
happy families, another, resemble, unhappy
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
family, nation, whole world, we live
Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.
Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.