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Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread
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life
family-values
mafia
rules
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Mario Puzo |
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"Bellusdeo laughed. It was, for a moment, the only sound in the quiet of the fief's night, and it was warmer and deeper than the lingering night chill. When her laughter faded, she glanced at Kaylin. "I was not like this before. I thought that the Shadows had not touched me." She lowered her head a moment. Kaylin understood this, as well. "It seems so unfair," she finally said. "Life is unfair. Which part of it pains you?" "We suffer, and it breaks something. When we win free--by gaining our name, by crossing a bloody bridge--we still live in a cage of scars. If life were fair, we would never have suffered what we suffered at all; having suffered it and survived, we're still reacting to things that don't exist anymore." "But they did." "Yes. I hate that they still define me." Voice lower, she said to Bellusdeo, "I want that to change. I don't know how to change it. But I'm willing to spend the rest of my life trying." Shaking her head, she forced herself to smile; it was surprisingly easy. There was something about Bellusdeo that she liked. "Home is a strange thing." "What do you mean?" "We lose it, and we think it's gone forever. That's how I felt the first time I lost mine. It took me years to understand that I could find--and make--another. I couldn't do it on my own, though; I don't think--for me--home exists in isolation."
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kaylin-neya
family-values
home
survival
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Michelle Sagara West |