"She might, in fact, go crazy, as has happened to a lot of people who break rules. Not the people who play at rebellion but really only solidify their already dominant positions in society...but those who take some larger action that disrupts the social order. Who try to push through the doors that are usually closed to them. They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up--but then one goes insane from giving up."

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Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.214, Hot Key Books

E. Lockhart

#Giving Up Quotes #Crazy Quotes #Doors Quotes

“He who did not taste Freedom on Earth, will not know it in Heaven!”
“At times we feel something is going to pierce the silence we are living in; after a while we realize it's the silence.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.”
“It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.”
“I am haunted by humans.”
“There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.”

Source : Interview with Kay Bonetti, www.english.illinois.edu.
“The party has to be much more. It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice.”

Source : "A conversation with the founder of the powerful online progressive political organization". Interview with Don Hazen, www.montereycountyweekly.com. April 28, 2005.
“I know plenty of adults who act like teenagers.”

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