The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children. The mighty abstract idea I have of beauty in all things stifles the more divided and minute domestic happiness.

'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.''

'Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.'

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