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“The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and trust, not have it handed to them simply because of genetics.”

― Charles de Lint, Moonlight and Vines

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3 Comments

Lily Leung on at

Very true. Thanks for the reminder.
Timothy S. Brannan on at

This is true. But I am also lucky that the family I was born into is also pretty awesome.
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Tim Brannan, The Other Side blog
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Tamara on at

That is true. People who have both types of families can count themselves lucky.

UnFamily

“The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and trust, not have it handed to them simply because of genetics.”