"[I]n Africa I was a member of a……" — Daniel Quinn

[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of… - Daniel Quinn
"[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years. If gorillas were capable of such an expression, they would tell you that their family is like a hand, of which they are the fingers. They are fully aware of being a family but are very little aware of being individuals. Here in the zoo there were other gorillas—but there was no family. Five severed fingers do not make a hand."

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