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“There are presumptions, in the world as it is now framed, of who the worthy victim is and who merits the power of full witness,”

— Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

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“Words. They had the strength to shut doors that would never be opened in this lifetime.”

Ayaana would learn that there seemed to be no absolutes in the world, only codes and questions and a guarantee of storms.

“Is it not magical how so full a list becomes so empty in so short a time?”

“Being human is a rare art; it is not given to all equally.”

“Music and painting bandaged soul-holes.”

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