"In a strange way we were free. We'd reached the end of the line. We had nothing more to lose. Our privacy, our liberty, our dignity: all of this was gone and we were stripped down to the bare bones of our selves"

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Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.94, Vintage

#Self Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Gone Quotes

“From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.”
“I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life.”
“If God created shadows it was to better emphasise the light.”
“Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.”
“This kingdom of God life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda to be tended to, left on our bedside table by the Holy Spirit for us while we slept. We wake up already immersed in a large story of creation and covenant, of Israel and Jesus, the story of Jesus and the stories that Jesus told. We let ourselves be formed by these formative stories, and especially as we listen to the stories that Jesus tells, get a feel for the way he does it, the way he talks, the way he treats people, the Jesus way.”
“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”

Source : Hazel Rochman (1993). “Against Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World”, Chicago : American Library Association
“Complainin' to my lawyer how this rookie tried to frisk me... Jealous of my jeep, I gave his badge to the chief, And got his ***** directin' traffic in the heat for a week.”
“It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.”

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