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― Rachel Abbott , Close Your Eyes (DCI Tom Douglas, #10)
2 " We arrive on this earth with nothing, and we leave with nothing. Everything we have in between is borrowed and should be shared.’ This "
3 " that’s the problem with the human race – we’ve created so many constraints, set so many rules by which we’re all supposed to live that it’s no surprise we feel like failures all the time. "
4 " and others wrong. We’re expected to acknowledge that these rules have been communicated to us by some supreme being, whoever that might be – Jehovah, Allah, Krishna. But the rules were actually set by men in the name of their god: rich, influential men who wanted to control the lives of those around them, to protect what they "
5 " and others wrong. We’re expected to acknowledge that these rules have been communicated to us by some supreme being, whoever that might be – Jehovah, Allah, Krishna. But the rules were actually set by men in the name of their god: rich, influential men who wanted to control the lives of those around them, to protect what they had – what they owned. "
6 " Since gaining my freedom, I’ve realised that the total domination of one person over another, or a group of others, is not confined to the kind of life I led as I grew up. It can happen within a family, within a place of work, within a group of friends. Anywhere where one person dictates the rules without fear of dissent. "
