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Melina Marchetta

"If Froi understood anything, it was that in this world one's worth came from others."

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"If Froi understood anything, it was that in this world one's worth came from others."

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Amber Hurdle

"Our minds of infinite possibilities have been plowed, seeded and cultivated by every word, institution and sacred belief we hold dear, to produce a foul harvest of exclusion, apathy, brute domination and death."

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Amber Hurdle

"In a stress pressure-cooker like America, I believe we will see more and more shooting massacres. Violence is in our cultural DNA."

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Amber Hurdle

"A society becomes a breeding ground of violence and terrorism when it closes its door to new ideas and forces the citizens to live in the prison of conforming thoughts."

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Amber Hurdle

"Oh shit did you just dis the feminine genderI'll pummel your ass then stick you in a blenderYou think I like Tori and Ani so I can't rhymeBut I got flow like Ghostbusters got slimeObjectify women and it's fuckin' onYou'll be dead and gone like ancient Babylon."

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Amber Hurdle

"I was pure, before you defiled me, and don't you forget it. As though the concept of purity is anything more than the construct of selfish, competitive men stampeding toward the women to call dibs. I'll be damned if I'm not worth stampeding toward, but the prize had better be me, hymen or no hymen."

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Amber Hurdle

"Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people."

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Amber Hurdle

"Oh! You are a woman! You are the pure reflection of my mother, sister, and daughter. I can never hurt you."

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Amber Hurdle

"A country is poor not because they have no wealth but because they have no good ideas."

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Amber Hurdle

"Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's strange how money seems to silence a neighborhood," I say quietly. "On my street, where no one has money, it's so loud. Sirens blaring, people shouting, car doors slamming, stereos thumping. There's always someone, somewhere, making noise."

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"I've wept enough in my life. I have no tears left."
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"The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat tat drenches his hair and face seems to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. He;s aiming for oblivion."
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"And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for.He wished that he had never met any of them."
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"I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others, I'd have lain down and died waiting."
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"People divulge things to you that they would not divulge to anyone else."
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"Sometimes you don't let us talk about how we're feeling. If we feel scared, you say, 'Nothing to worry about, guys,' but that doesn't make it go away. It makes it grow."
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"And won't he grow up to be the healthiest of young men, all because she kept him safe? Ready for the world. Ready to one day conquer it. To travel. Get on a train. Go to work. Get blown out of her life.Maybe she should be having that glass of wine and cigarette after all."
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"How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again?"
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"Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories."
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"I still wake with your name on my lips every morning."
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