"Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?"
"Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father."
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Source: Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.145, Simon and Schuster
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