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> [ I've written a lot of other books and this book \[Tears we cannot stop\] was different. I couldn't just say what I wanted to say in the same style that I said it in those other books. I felt compelled… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/i-ve-written-a-lot-of-other-books-and-this-book-tears-we-cannot-stop/)

[Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/)

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> [When I was a kid, my mother used to say, 'You always want to be different.' I couldn't work out what she meant. I was just trying to be myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/when-i-was-a-kid-my-mother-used-to-say-you-always-want-to-be/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

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