When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you’d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.
– Nalo Hopkinson
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- Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect. – Lundy Bancroft
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- Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature’s unpredictable creatures. – Achy Obejas
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