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You're born into a family. You do not join them like you do the Marines.
— While You Were Sleeping · 1995
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
This draws a contrast between the two ways people end up in a group. You arrive in a family by birth, without applying, whereas you enlist to join the Marines. The speaker uses that comparison to say family isn't something you sign up for.
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