“No, nothing in this world is as oppressive and debilitating as blood ties. Any other relationship – be it friend, lover, wife; be it obligatory or constraining or difficult – is something one has consciously entered into at some point. Only one's ties with parents and siblings are formed at birth and are unbreakable.” FamilyParentsSiblingsFilialFilial PietyBlood Ties Book:Three Japanese Short Stories Source: Three Japanese Short Stories