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“I had never considered it a privilege to be a woman. Not even once. I had struggled at the bit of my sex, at the reins of society, at the saddle of tradition. It had not occurred to me that men had their own burdens, that they were bridled too. It was not women who died on the battlefield.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
“A man is what he makes of himself. It is not something bestowed on him.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
“I find men are more apt to let us play if they believe they will triumph.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
“But whoever made this world understands beauty and love. All you have to do is look around to feel it. And I don’t think that ever ends. ‘Whatever God does, it is forever,’” I quoted. “I imagine death is like moving into a new season.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
“Romans 12:2 is more to my liking: “And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
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