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> [“In short, Daniel was once again a member of a family. Viewed from without they were a strange enough family: a rattling, hunchbacked old woman, a spoiled senile cocker spaniel, and a eunuch with a punctured career (for though Rey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-m-disch/in-short-daniel-was-once-again-a-member-of-a-family-viewed-from/)

[Thomas M. Disch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-m-disch/)

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