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"I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hurting them . . . I realized that was exactly what I'd done to Carly. That hangs over me every day."
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"Democracy is an abuse of statistics."
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"Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline."
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"This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities."
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"Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee."
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"I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals."
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"The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world."
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"Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it really isn't about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing."
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"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."
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"When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe."
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"Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don't last a day in the real word. No one's a lady anymore. Why do you think we get our claws polished?"
Feminism
"I'm passing the bar Where you first got in my car I'm not ashamed to admit That it's you I won't forget I saved your cigarettes andBad habits I regret But the hours flew by like cloudsWhenever I had you around Parachute loverTake me awayFrom the plane that went crashing And the earth that's in flamesSaving you is saving me High above the redwood treesBut down below I see shadows And parachute debris We're drifting like children Along for the rideEach time we find love Another parachute arrivesOur madness will burn As bright as the sunAnd I'll keep finding lovers But you were the one."
Romance
"My existence began the day you were created and was realized the day we met."
Destiny
"I'd prefer to die in Texas when I'm old. They say most good things end the same way they started, and that's where I entered the world, so that's how I'll leave it."
Home
"I'm a Texas girl, with a California soul."
Identity
"Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective."
Strategy
"I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in your heart."
Connection
"Don't forget to breathe deep from your gut and attempt to see every day as the ultimate last one. Live in it like it's your last interactions, last experiences, your last time in the sun, and tomorrow comes."
Presence
"Even if most days can't be half as good as today, it's days like this that make it all worth it."
Gratitude
"When I was just a cute little caterpillar, you loved me. So I became a butterfly so you would never leave."
Transformation
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