There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may...