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Mildred D. Taylor
“There are things you can’t back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it’s up to you to decide what them things are.”
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Koushun Takami
“Furthermore--though it was quite irrelevant now--he had no idea his killer, Kazuo Kiriyama, had, in his mansion that was much larger than Toshinori's home in Shiroiwa-cho, mastered the violin at a level far superior to Toshinori's a long time ago--and then tossed his violin into the trash.”
Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

C. Toni Graham
“Giving birth does not make you a mother. Being there daily in good times and bad to provide, care, comfort, teach, sing, feed, clothe, encourage, discipline, clean, hug, pray, listen, cry, experience, protect, kiss, read, advocate, bandage, educate, coach, cheer, laugh, play and love unconditionally...well, that's a mother.”
C. Toni Graham

Alyssa Hall
“I call my accent Frenglian. A wee bit of French mixed with English and Sicilian." She emitted a small chuckle at her new made-up word.”
Alyssa Hall, And Then I Heard the Quiet

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“When I lived in Holland, I would try to make myself physically shrink when Somali or other African men sat next to me on the train. They behaved in a proprietary manner, as though I were theirs to be subjected to lewd comments. Now I see that it is not just Somali girls editing themselves out of city streets. European women, too, are facing increased rates of sexual violence and harassment on public transit and are adopting coping mechanisms similar to those used by women in Africa and the Middle East.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights

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