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> [“I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about Emmett Till and the world's brutality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elle-thornton/i-m-too-old-to-be-ignorant-as-i-am-twelve-year-old-gabriella-to-the/)

Elle Thornton

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## More by Elle Thornton

> [“I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about Emmett Till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elle-thornton/i-m-too-old-to-be-ignorant-as-i-am-twelve-year-old-gabriella-to-the/)

Elle Thornton

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