Dora was stunned by this information. She stopped. 'Do you mean' she said, 'that they're completely imprisoned in there?' Mrs. Marks laughed. 'Not imprisoned, my dear, ' she said. 'They are there of their own free will. This is not a prison. It is on the contrary a place which it is very hard to get into, and only the strongest achieve it. Like Mary in the parable, they have chosen the better part. Iris Murdoch
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Dora was stunned by this information. She stopped. 'Do you mean' she said, 'that they're completely imprisoned in there?' Mrs. Marks laughed.

'Not imprisoned, my dear,' she said. 'They are there of their own free will. This is not a prison.

It is on the contrary a place which it is very hard to get into, and only the strongest achieve it.' I imagine that there are people out there who don’t like this quote, but I think it’s pretty cool. This poem is about how hard life can be at times and how much you have to fight for your dreams. If you’re reading this now, good luck!

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