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“ And I stood there and took it because I was an object. We were all objects to Marcus McCoy. Shaun David Hutchinson
“ As human beings, we're born believing that we are the apex of creation, that we are invincible, that no problem exists that we cannot solve. But we inevitably die with all our beliefs broken. Shaun David Hutchinson
“ Sometimes I think gravity may be death in disguise. Other times I think gravity is love, which is why love's only demand is that we fall. Shaun David Hutchinson
“ If young people are our greatest asset in a war that must be won then wemust be willing to extricate them at whatever cost from the clutchesof those who seek to exploit their weaknesses Oche Otorkpa
“ After that, I’d wanted to date, but I simply didn’t know how. It seemed to come natural to everyone else, pairing up and going out. And now, well, I felt like a nonparticipant, like there was a schedu… Lesa Howard
“ It was the flashing lights, and the noise of the machines, and the loud, loud music, all seeming to refract and contract around her, her eyes widening, her hair swooshing, her slow smile shining. She… Julie Burchill
“ We sat there smiling at each other, shimmied to a standstill, thinking about all the boys that had wanted us that day, and how none of them had got us, not for a minute; how we'd let them pay for drin… Julie Burchill
“ .Ensuring that young people get the right information that will enable them make the right choices is a responsibility all citizens must take seriously Oche Otorkpa
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