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Flight of Dreams

by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)

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— Jul 06, 2026 05:43PM

Jul 06, 2026 05:40PM

“People ask me how I can stay in Alabama. Why wouldn't I leave? Alabama is my home. I love Alabama--the hot days in summer and the thunderstorms in winter. I love the smell of the air and the green of the woods. Alabama has always been God's country to me, and it always will be. I love Alabama, but I don't love the State of Alabama. Since my release, not one prosecutor, or state attorney general, or anyone having anything to do with my conviction has apologized. I doubt they ever will.

I forgive them...I made a choice...I chose to forgive.”
― Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

tags: forgiveness, inspiration, prison-reform, racism

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