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"Your visits kept me from sinking fully into prison."

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"Your visits kept me from sinking fully into prison."

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“She had this determined nature– if something was right, hell or high water wasn't going to stop her from doing it.”

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“She had this determined nature– if something was right, hell or high water wasn't going to stop her from doing it.”

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“Just when things seemed so dark, I found some light in the words of the people all around me.”

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“Just when things seemed so dark, I found some light in the words of the people all around me.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”

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“At one point, this one couple was sitting on their porch with guns daring us to step on the grass.”

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“At one point, this one couple was sitting on their porch with guns daring us to step on the grass.”

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“In this moment, I have more fears than I have hopes for my kids.”

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“In this moment, I have more fears than I have hopes for my kids.”

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“I think it's important to capture those opportunities while you still have them in your grasp.”

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“I think it's important to capture those opportunities while you still have them in your grasp.”

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"They said this is the place where you're born, so no matter where you end, this is where you began."

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"They said this is the place where you're born, so no matter where you end, this is where you began."

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"Being alone drug up all these memories from the past."

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"Being alone drug up all these memories from the past."

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“It opened up for me like a gift. And I’m like, ‘I’m in this lab killing cancer.’”

“It opened up for me like a gift. And I’m like, ‘I’m in this lab killing cancer.’”