"So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that."

Violence, Loss, Trauma, Cost

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"So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that."

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"Was there ever a war where only one side bled?"

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"Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people."

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"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."

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"Apparently, dancing for him and throwing herself at him weren't enough. Apparently, she had to nearly commit murder to arouse him enough to attack her."

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"Whenever I get that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

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Jim Butcher, American Author

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"I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains."

Tahir Shah, British Author

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"His punch knocked her back a meter into the wall. His fist had moved of his own volition, carrying a rage and frustration all its own. To his dismay, she didn't fall. People so small as her always fell.No tears pooled in her eyes; instead they flared golden amber as she rubbed her jaw and pushed off the wall to stand rigid straight. A peculiar smile danced across her lips as blood trickled from the corner of her mouth and down her chin."

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"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."

Grief

"But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer."

Forgiveness

"What if someone picks on me?" I askedThen I'll pick on them".What if someone picks my nose?" I asked.The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said."

Friendship

"How much do we remember of what hurts us most? I've been thinking about pain, how each of us constructs our past to justify what we feel now. How each successive pain distorts the preceding."

Pain

"I'm quite aware of my differences. I wouldn't classify them as weird."

Identity

"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."

Abuse

"If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads."

Reading

"Gay people were seen as magical, too. I mean, like in many cultures, men were viewed as warriors and women were viewed as caregivers. But gay people, being both male and female, were seen as both warriors and caregivers. Gay people could do anything. They were like Swiss Army knives!"

Diversity

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

Education

"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else."

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