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“They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.”
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“Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording—all this is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always supposedly in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yes, God, I want to talk to everybody as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night...”
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― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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― Vegan's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately
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