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Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.Amit Kalantri
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In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.Amit Kalantri
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You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.Amit Kalantri
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In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.Amit Kalantri
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On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full well the consequences of their actions and the trail of blood and retribution that would ensueSoke Behzad Ahmadi
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Tru, this is your home. You are my blood kin, my second cousin thrice removed. But blood kin's not the most important kin. Do you know what is?" "No, sir." "Love kin. And that comes from the heart. That's why this is your home.G. Neri
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I don’t know why–it’s just that– I don’t know–they’re not kin."– Surprising word, I think to myself never used it before. Not of kin–sounds like hillbilly talk–not of a kind–same root–kindness, too–they can’t have real kindness toward him, they’re not his kin --. That’s exactly the feeling. Old word, so ancient it’s almost drowned out. What a change through the centuries. Now anybody can be "kind." And everybody’s supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and couldn’t help. Now it’s just a faked-up attitude half the time, like teachers the first day of class. But what do they really know about kindness who are not kin.Robert M. Pirsig
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Now”–she leaned in a bit–“would you like to go flying with Grandmum before we take you home, so you can watch her toss cows around for no other reason than her own amusement?”“ Sounds unnecessarily cruel.”“ Exactly! ” Rhiannon used her tail to place her granddaughter on her back. “See? Already you’re learning what it means to be part of this family.G.A. Aiken
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Éibhear isn’t my friend. He’s kin. A blood relation.”“ Which means what exactly?”“ To a Cadwaladr, it means that if I have good cause, I could beat the scales off his back and get away with it.G.A. Aiken
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But family connections are weird. Even if your relatives aren't good to you, they're still your blood. You can't lose that connection completely. And believe me, I've got a few relatives on my dad's side I'd love to lose.Rick Riordan
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Finch was his own country, the government unstable, the population volatile.Kealan Patrick Burke
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And you, their best beloved one, are now to me, flesh of my flesh; blood of my blood; kin of my kin; my bountiful wine-press for awhile; and shall later on be my companion and my helper.Bram Stoker
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After all, the Indo-European word cunt was derived from the goddess Kunda or Cunti, and shares the same root as kin and country.Eve Ensler