If society is the prison, families are the cells, with no time off for good behavior. Good behavior in fact tends to lengthen the sentence. (John Updike)

If society is the prison, families are the cells, with no time off for good behavior. Good behavior in fact tends to lengthen the sentence.

John Updike

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