Marge Piercy - Gone to Soldiers (1987)

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Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

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Nobody hates us as ourselves. In their minds we're not human.... They don't hate us because we did something or said something. They make us stand for an evil they invent and then they want to kill it in us.

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No, It's not fair. But I was thinking more along the lines of the Pentagon and Washington itself. Sometimes I suspect that those who are running things might grow addicted to power. Secrecy's essential in wartime, but once in place, will it ever be removed?

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It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

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Shall I tell you something I've been noticing? The mistrust this society has for women. All kinds of experts and officials are terrified because so many women are working. They really think that women have to be coerced into having babies and raising kids.

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If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

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