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1 " I learned about religion the way most children learned about sex, [in the schoolyard]. . . . They terrified me by telling me there was a dead man in the sky watching everything I did and I retaliated by explaining where babies came from. Some of their mothers phoned mine to complain, though I think I was more upset than they were: they didn't believe me but I believed them. "
― Margaret Atwood , Surfacing
2 " We need to talk," he insisted, opening the door to his jeep that was parked next to my car. I was still holding out hope this would end and I would see his smile soon. " What's wrong?" I retaliated before I go in. " There's something you need to know, something I haven't told you," he said, taking my backpack from me. "
3 " I couldn't stand being identified by my sexuality, I retaliated by insisting that people regard me for my intellectual worth. My intellect became a form of damage control. "
― Leora Tanenbaum , Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
4 " Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and legal establishment blatantly covered up and retaliated by targeting my law license. "
