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“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
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“We are
Born like this
Into this
Into these carefully mad wars
Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
Into bars where people no longer speak to each other
Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die
Into lawyers who charge so much it’s cheaper to plead guilty
Into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
Into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes”
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Born like this
Into this
Into these carefully mad wars
Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
Into bars where people no longer speak to each other
Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die
Into lawyers who charge so much it’s cheaper to plead guilty
Into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
Into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes”
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“Marry an outdoors woman. That way, if you have to throw her out into the yard for the night, she can still survive.”
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“Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.”
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“A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.”
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
― The People Look Like Flowers at Last
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