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> [“It is a damn miracle to survive being a girl raised in the south, to live through being told you are not worth the time and space you take up, until they remember why they've kept you around, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-d-gates/it-is-a-damn-miracle-to-survive-being-a-girl-raised-in-the-south-to/)

B.D. Gates

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> [“It is a damn miracle to survive being a girl raised in the south, to live through being told you are not worth the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-d-gates/it-is-a-damn-miracle-to-survive-being-a-girl-raised-in-the-south-to/)

B.D. Gates

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