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“Since life isn’t fair, it’s often up to us to balance it out.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

“Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they’ve got to do.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

“But you do have a choice. You make choices every day, and maybe you can't see how they could affect your future, but they do.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

“Even though we’re in the same homeroom, he doesn’t look my way. That’s one of the things about the people on that beautiful tropical island: they can’t see who’s floating about in the ocean around them. Or maybe they can and they just choose not to look. I don’t know. I’ve never been there.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

“When you're living in a pond of algae, you turn green. It doesn't matter how many times someone tells you to stop.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus