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It Would Be Night in Caracas

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The Paper Boys (The Brent Boys)

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The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories

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“impossible routes only seem impossible because they're dangerous”
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“Remember, your parents gave you life – but it is a gift, and the giver does not have the right to decide how you use the gift they gave you. It is yours to use in the right way for you.” An anonymous mum sharing their story with Out On An Island”
― Franko Figueiredo-Stow, Out On An Island

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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“Researching and documenting the past and present lives of members of the LGBTQ+ population is, I suggest, a form of activism” - Clare Summerskill introducing Out On An Island book.”
― Franko Figueiredo-Stow, Out On An Island

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“The destination always kills the journey, and if we have to reduce life to a story, it can only be a bad one”
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