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“Was the whole country hit by bombs?” June Bug asked. “All except Iowa,” Frank said, nodding. “Why not Iowa?” “Nothing there worth bombing.”
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“We're not words, Henry, we're people.
Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.”
― We Are the Ants
Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.”
― We Are the Ants
“America is us. America is ours. It’s worth fighting for. The people united will never be defeated. Resist.”
― Internment
― Internment
“We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.”
― We Are the Ants
― We Are the Ants
“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“The universe may forget us, but our light will brighten the darkness for eons after we've departed this world. The universe may forget us, but it can't forget us until we're gone, and we're still here, our futures still unwritten. We can choose to sit on our (expletive) and wait for the end, or we can live right now. We can march to the edge of the void and scream in defiance. Yell out for all to hear that we do matter. That we are still here, living our absurd...lives, and nothing can take that away from us. Not rogue comets, not black holes, not the heat death of the universe. We may not get to choose how we die, but we can choose how we live. The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
― We Are the Ants
― We Are the Ants
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