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“She sat down and paused for a few seconds, and then looked at me earnestly and asked, ‘Will you be there to hold my hand?’”
“The perils of competition — choppy water, a pile-up on the bike course, hazardous heat — scared me.”
"The same patterns that destabilize families destabilize democracies."
"House Republicans met while most Americans slept ... to hold a vote on the bill that would alter the course of my daughter’s life."
“The proliferation of this content — and our appetite for it — highlights what I fear is a growing belief.”
"Jordan was, perhaps, insensitive and careless in his remarks, but he certainly couldn’t have known the weight of his words or the impact they would have on me."
"They weren’t years of enjoyment, but of survival."
"Sometimes, when someone congratulated me, I would start to cry, and they would walk away confused."
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