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title: "3 Beaten Child Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“There is a moment in the history of every beaten child when his mind parts with hopes of dignity — pushes off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-barry/there-is-a-moment-in-the-history-of-every-beaten-child-when-his-mind/)

[Sebastian Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-barry/)

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> [I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-was-in-an-adolescent-psychology-class-at-citadel-when-the-guy-said/)

[Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/)

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> [A child that is given birth without crying even when beaten is a child that is not given birth to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-freeman/a-child-that-is-given-birth-without-crying-even-when-beaten-is-a/)

[Franklin Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-freeman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/franklin-freeman-39311_birth_a-child-that-is-given-birth-without-cryi_1479280.jpg)

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