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I have never met a person who possessed a privilege who did not exercise that privilege to the fullest extent that they possibly could. Say what you like of a belief..of a party..of a finance system.of a power. All I see is privilege and its consequences. States are not in my opinion composed of structures supporting privilege but of structures denying it..in other words deciding who is not invited to the table. .Robert Jackson Bennett
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And we convict almost every case, she thinks, because the law requires us to prosecute them for living their way of life.Robert Jackson Bennett
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One has no room for vengeance, ' says Shara, 'when the eyes of the world are watching. We must be judicious, and bloodless.Robert Jackson Bennett
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I am sorrowful. I am sorrowful that I happened to be born into a world where being disgusted with yourself was what you were supposed to be. I am sorrowful that my fellow countrymen feel that being human is something to repress, something ugly, something nasty. It's.. It's just a fucking shame. It really is. I am penitent. I am penitent for all the relationships this shame has ruined. I am penitent that I've allowed my shame and unhappiness to spread to others. I've fucked men and I've fucked women, Father Kolkan. I have sucked numerous pricks, and I have had my pricked sucked by numerous people. I have fucked and been fucked. And it was lovely, really lovely. I had an excellent time doing it, and I would gladly do it again. I really would. I have been lucky enough to find and meet and come to hold beautiful people in my arms - honestly, some beautiful, lovely, brilliant people - and I am filled with regret that my awful self-hate drove them.Robert Jackson Bennett
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I am sorrowful. I am sorrowful that I happened to be born into a world where being disgusted with yourself was what you were supposed to be. I am sorrowful that my fellow countrymen feel that being human is something to repress, something ugly, something nasty. It's.. It's just a fucking shame. It really is. I am penitent. I am penitent for all the relationships this shame has ruined. I am penitent that I've allowed my shame and unhappiness to spread to others. I've fucked men and I've fucked woman, Father Kolkan. I have sucked numerous pricks, and I have had my pricked sucked by numerous people. I have fucked and been fucked. And it was lovely, really lovely. I had an excellent time doing it, and I would gladly do it again. I really would. I have been lucky enough to find and meet and come to hold beautiful people in my arms - honestly, some beautiful, lovely, brilliant people - and I am filled with regret that my awful self-hate drove them.Robert Jackson Bennett
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I am penitent, " says Vohannes. "I am penitent for all the relationships this shame has ruined. I am penitent that I've allowed my shame and unhappiness to spread to others. I've fucked men and I've fucked women, Father Kolkan. I have sucked numerous pricks, and I have had my prick sucked my numerous people. I have fucked and been fucked. And it was lovely, really lovely. I had an excellent time doing it, and I would gladly do it again. I really would." He laughs. "I have been lucky enough to find and meet and come to hold beautiful people in my arms - honestly, some beautiful, lovely, brilliant people - and I am filled with regret that my awful self-hate drove them away. .Robert Jackson Bennett
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I don't have the time or the energy to hate, " says Shara. "I only wish to understand. People are what they are.Robert Jackson Bennett
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Envy the fire, for it is either going or not. Fires do not feel happy, sad, angry. They burn, or they do not burn.Robert Jackson Bennett
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Just because the nightmare you expected comes true, it doesn't make it any less terrifying.Robert Jackson Bennett
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I think you're wrong."" Think what you like.Robert Jackson Bennett
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The gods are cruel not because they make us work. They are cruel because they allow us to hope.Robert Jackson Bennett
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Humanity's relationship with the Divine is one of mutual give and take, and we mutually opted to part ways. But this perpetuation - setting up a way of thinking, and just letting it run - it doesn't always yield good results.Robert Jackson Bennett
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Miracles are just formal requests, Shara thinks wildly. It's like having a form preprinted and filled out and handing it in to get exactly what you want! But you don't always have to do it that way! You can make it up as you go along, so long as you do it right!Robert Jackson Bennett
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Shara was already an avid reader by then, but she had never realized until that moment what books meant, the possibility they presented: you could protect them forever, store them up like engineers store water, endless resources of time and knowledge snared in ink, tied down to paper, layered on shelves.. Moments made physical, untouchable, perfect, like preserving a dead hornet in crystal, one drop of venom forever hanging from its stinger. She felt overwhelmed. It was--she briefly thinks of herself and Vo, reading together in the library--a lot like being in love for the first time. .Robert Jackson Bennett
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When I come back to you, if I come back to you, will I know you? Will you be the city of my memory? Or will you be a stranger?Robert Jackson Bennett
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I will not see you, she tells the city, but I will remember you.Robert Jackson Bennett