“‘Deserve’ is the word which the possessors use as a weapon against those they dispossess” (Agnes Smedley, quoted by Vivian Gornick in 'The Situation and the Story').
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"𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔."
─ 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯
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