"Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time."
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"He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own."
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"There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the top of the list."
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"Education makes a straight ditch of a free meandering brook."
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