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Kin
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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.
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― How to Drive a Dragon Crazy
― How to Drive a Dragon Crazy
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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 coul
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― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values














































