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by Madeleine Henry

The houses leading up to theirs are all just as grand, but none seems as thoughtful. The multiple libraries, museum-quality art—and the family’s deep knowledge of it—must make their home the most cerebral one in the neighborhood. They’ve woven intellectual luxuries into physical ones.

That real family isn’t about how much you have in common; it’s about how much you forgive.

Did you ever think that what scares you the most is the key out of the room?