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“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“You made new rules for the people you loved. They weren't subject to the same judgment criteria you reserved for the rest of the world. In some ways you were way easier on them, and in others, much harder.”
― Elizabeth Noble, Things I Want My Daughters to Know

“Everything is covered in dirt and dust here.”

“You haven’t seen real dirt. Dirt is the gunk that smells like death itself, builds up on the sides of the street. Nothing can clean it off. That under your boot is soil. Everything good on this earth is made from it or made clean by it.”
― Dianna Rostad, You Belong Here Now

“The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees