Family wasn't like that, not really. It was not something small and compact, a "nuclear family": it was a great big mess of people, all interlinked, cousins and aunts and relatives-by-marriage and otherwise--it was a network, like the Conversation or a human brain. It was what he had tried to escape, going into the Up and Out, but you cannot run away from family, it follows you, wherever you go. Lavie Tidhar
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Family wasn't like that, not really. It was not something small and compact, a "nuclear family": it was a great big mess of people, all interlinked, cousins and aunts and relatives-by-marriage and otherwise--it was a network, like the Conversation or a human brain. It was what he had tried to escape, going into the Up and Out, but you cannot run away from family, it follows you, wherever you go. When Banksy asks "Why do you live in England?" He's also asking "Why have you sought to leave your own country?" The answer to both questions is quite simple: Family isn't really that important. To most people it's just an excuse for life events to happen to them.

To most people including my family. It's just water under the bridge. So I'm just telling my story: Family isn't that important to me. - Banksy

Source: Central Station

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