Strindberg Family Quotes & Sayings

He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family
the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to become an independent individual at the proper time. — August Strindberg

Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. — August Strindberg

On the much revered family of North American mythology - and a metaphor for the Ruling Alliance:
Sacred family! ... The supposed home of all the virtues, where innocent children are tortured into their first falsehoods, where wills are broken by parental tyranny, and self-respect smothered by crowded, jostling egos. — August Strindberg

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg