"Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?"
"When I look out [the window] at the big houses on either side of the road, it's obvious we've entered the rich side of town. Poor people don't post signs like NO TRESPASSING, PRIVATE DRIVE, PRIVATE PROPERTY, MONITORED BY CAMERA SURVEILLANCE. I should know because I've been poor my entire life, and the only person I know who ever posted a sign like these is my friend...and he actually stole the sign off a rich guy's yard."
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Source: Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.213, Simon and Schuster
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