“Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.”
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“There's something so special about a woman who dominates in a man's world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.”
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“She's fighting for her life," she finally says, meeting my eyes in the glass. "She doesn't know what's ahead of her or why she's fighting. It's just... instinct, Will. Her instinct is to fight. To live.”
― Five Feet Apart
― Five Feet Apart
“She danced the way she always did, holding her body and arms still while her legs and feet sprang across the floor. When she was sober, her head remained stationary; when she was drunk, it nodded in time to the music. She always closed her eyes. She always wore the same, ecstatic smile. And I, always, watched in wonder.”
― Hunger for Life
― Hunger for Life
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