Whatever misgivings my friends and family may have had about Stephen’s state of health, they kept them to themselves, and the only comments I received concerned the eccentricity of the Hawking family. Such comments did not worry me too much, because I liked the Hawkings and regarded their eccentricities with a respectful fascination. They made me welcome, already treating me as one of the family.
— Travelling to Infinity (Jane Hawking), Loc. 576–9
Eccentric guy but with a good family. Like me, but without a family.