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Long after the fact, it occurred to me that this was a metaphor for life- blisters come before calluses, vulnerability before maturity- but not even the thickest of skins could have spared us the lash of Daddy's tongue.

— Clarence Thomas My Grandfather's Son (2008)

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I could only choose between being an outcast and being dishonest.

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