Rule #1: You're better than everyone else. Remember that. Rule #2: Never let people be sure how you feel about them. Rule #3: Family secrets stay in the family. Rule #4: Weakness is a sin. Rule #5: Stop feeling. Rule #6: Stop crying. Rule #7: Stop caring. Rule #8: Stop living. Rule #9: Never let the family down. Rule #10: Never fall in love. Rule #11: Never tell anyone the rules.
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Rule #1: You're better than everyone else. Remember that.
Rule #2: Never let people be sure how you feel about them.
Rule #3: Family secrets stay in the family.
Rule #4: Weakness is a sin.
Rule #5: Stop feeling.
Rule #6: Stop crying.
Rule #7: Stop caring.
Rule #8: Stop living.
Rule #9: Never let the family down.
Rule #10: Never fall in love.
Rule #11: Never tell anyone the rules.
--Alison Grey, age 13