Kevin Ahlstrom
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Some call women’s segregation into low-paid work a choice. But it’s a funny kind of choice when there is no realistic option other than the children not being cared for and the housework not getting done.
“I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me, and here it have gone and done it. So there ain't no doubt but there is something in that thing. That is, there's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind.”
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“The judge had given Brock something that would never be extended to me: empathy. My pain was never more valuable than his potential.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“Stars and shadows ain't good to see by.”
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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