“Here's my ennobling truth, Sailor: women risk death to give life to their babies. They endure excruciating pain, their inner parts torn, then they pick themselves up no matter what state they are in, no matter how much blood they've lost, and they tend to their infants… Tell me, men: when were you last split open from the inside?”
― Soldier Sailor
― Soldier Sailor
“What happens if you don't process what has happened to you? What you've done, what you didn't do. It sits inside you. It can make you feel like you are choking. Like you can't take a full breath.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
“Banks could (and do) deny accounts to people who have a history of overextending their money, but those customers also provide a steady revenue system for some of the most powerful financial institutions in the world.”
― Poverty, by America
― Poverty, by America
“It was like sipping a fine vintage wine and knowing that there were complexities that you would never be able to taste, hidden depths that you could not understand.”
― What Moves the Dead
― What Moves the Dead
“The exclusion of poor people from traditional banking and credit systems has forced them to find alternative ways to cash checks and secure loans, which has led to a normalization of their exploitation.”
― Poverty, by America
― Poverty, by America
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