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Crush Quotes - Page 11

I hear the mad song of a little bird and crush butterflies between my fingers.

Clarice Lispector (2012). “Água Viva”, p.60, New Directions Publishing

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.

"Here's What Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Said At The Conclusion Of Their Controversial Blasphemy Trial". Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's closing speech at the Pussy Riot trial in Russia, www.businessinsider.com. August 10, 2012.

Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.

Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.155, University of Illinois Press