"Justice for all children is the high ideal in a democracy."

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Source : Grace Abbott, Judith Sealander (2015). “The Grace Abbott Reader”, p.8, U of Nebraska Press

Grace Abbott

#Children Quotes #Justice Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation.”
“Not only did I manage to accidentally meet the man Iâ€™m investigating, I managed to accidentally have sex with him.”

Source : J. L. Langley (2008). “The Englor Affair”, p.88, Samhain Publishing
“Then I place the blade next to the skine on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The flood tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next. What happened next was thet a perfect, straight line of blood bloomed from under the blade.The line grow into a long, Fat bubbel, A lush crimson bubbel that got bigger and bigger. I watch from above, waiting to see how big it would get before it burst. when it did, I felt awesome. Satisfied, finally. Then exhausted.”
“When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone”

Source : "Chris Cooper, Filling the Key Role in "Breach". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. February 15, 2007.
“Why do most of us make such boring choices for the stories of our lives?”
“Seinfeld has his way of telling jokes - and I'm not comparing myself to Seinfeld, his genius is observing the small details of everyday life and finding humor in it.”
“After all the fears, the warnings, after all, a woman's mistakes are different from a girl's. They are written by fire on stone. They are a trait and not an error.”

Source : Janet Fitch (2013). “White Oleander”, p.76, Hachette UK
“Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.”

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