"We're losing ground. This planet is losing ground. So things need to happen and they need to happen quick. Our message should be-loud and clear-there comes a time when the home needs protecting and the line needs drawing and anybody that dares cross it acts at their own peril."
"Risking one's life can be strangely liberating. That's what the sea counsels me."
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Source: Diane Wilson (2005). “An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas”, p.389, Chelsea Green Publishing
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