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It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.

E.A. Bucchianeri , em Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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I don't want a new purpose. I want what's mine. I want my birthright.

Faith Erin Hicks , em The Stone Heart
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It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be done about that now because the victims are dead and the survivors are innocent. These are good reasons for keeping our mouths shut about the past: but tell me, what are our reasons for silence about atrocities still to come?

Damon Knight , em One Side Laughing: Stories Unlike Other Stories
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We are born with our father's names. We are not responsible for their failures. We are responsible for what they made us believe in. That is our only obligation. And it is even then a choice which we may sometimes be wise to ignore.

Warren Eyster , em The Goblins of Eros
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I am not a conqueror. I am nothing like you.

Faith Erin Hicks , em The Stone Heart
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