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Southern Lady Code: Essays

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“And William says, "I lost one son utterly."... ..."So I've held my tongue. But the truth is you didn't go to war. You went through the motions. But you turned it into graduate school. You contrived a comfortable place on the edge of the action to go study. You didn't even let the army decide your fate. You wangled your safe little job with a pre-enlistment deal and avoided the real thing. You told all the others who manned up, 'Better you do the dirty work, not me. Better your blood than mine.”

“Mpenzi. Sikiliza. Magaidi yaliyomuua Marciano yana mtandao dunia nzima na watu wote wanayajua. Yanaitwa Kolonia Santita. Tatizo hata hivyo ni moja: Hakuna mtu amewahi kuthibitisha au kutoa ushuhuda wa uhalifu wao ili watiwe nguvuni. Huendesha maisha yao kibabe na yana kila mbinu ya kukwepa sheria, ndani na nje ya Meksiko. Watu wengi wameuwawa kwa sababu ya Kolonia Santita. Ukileta kidomodomo yanakuua; au yanakupa notisi ya kuhama mji au nchi, ukakae mbali na Meksiko au Mexico City.”