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“And for that brief moment, I imagine what the two of us must look like from above. Laying beside each other peacefully, morning light throwing parts of us into a golden glow while others remain in the shadows, hidden from sight among the ferns and hair entangled in the moss. Where the bravest thing I can do is have my fingers introduce themselves to his.”
― -MMIV-, Juneau Elicits

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

“But there, all crowded together on the third-floor balcony, he watches as she falls in love with the stars, and they watch as he falls in love with her.”
― -MMIV-, Juneau Elicits

“My God, did they gag you?’ ‘Ymm!’ ‘Smart people.”
― Robert Thier, Silence is Golden