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 "Some people build fences to keep people out...and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you."

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Matthew, Emmett, Paul, Sophie
Rose... I'm Standing here with my daughter in my arms. She ain't but a wee bittie little old thing. She don't know nothing about grownups' business. She innocent... and she ain't got no mama

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"Alright Mr. Death.... see you stay over the until you"re ready for me. Then you come on, bring your army"
PG.77
Lyndsay, Ivy, Mathias

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..I’m
not going to Papa s funeral.
rose: Boy, hush your

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"Boy, hush your mouth. That's your daddy your talking about." Pg. 96
Mathias, Lyndsay, Ivy

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"Bono's like family"
Pg 56
Lyndsay, Mathias, Ivy

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" Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't... and at the same time he tried to make you into everything he was." pg. 97
~Emily, Ngan, Shelby

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Matthew, Emmett, Sophie, Paul
Troy, I can't live like this. I won't live like this.

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"Where you gonna get your money to take your girlfriend out? What kind of foolishness is that to let somebody take away your job"
Pg 36
Lyndsay, Ivy, Mathias

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"Death standing there staring at me... carrying that sickle in his hand." pg. 11
~Emily, Ngan, Shelby

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"I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams...and I buried them inside you. I planted a seed and waited and prayed over it."
Pg. 71
Owen, Rosemary, Declan, and Rilee

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Rosemary. Declan, Owen, Rilee
page 101
"He finishes his dance and the gates of heaven stand open as wide as God's closet."

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“Why? Why you got the white mens driving and the colored lifting?" Pg 2
Mathias, Ivy, Lyndsay

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Chloe, Ceili, Annalise, Jada
"But I held on to you, Troy. I held you tighter. You was my husband.  I owed you everything I had.  Every part of me I could find to give you."
Pg. 71

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"Don't come telling me I was too old. I just wasn't the right color"
pg. 39
~Ngan, Emily, Shelby

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Emmett, Matt, Paul, Sophie
'Why?' Why you got the white mens driving and the and the colored lifting

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ceili, chloe, annalise, jada
page 78
Troy: "... She's my daughter Rose. My own flesh and blood. I cant deny her no more than i can deny those boys."

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"The boy lied to me. I told the nigger if he wanna play football...to keep up his chores and hold down that job at the A&P. That was the conditions."
pg 57
Paige, Dennis, Jack, Eve

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin
Pg. 96 "CORY: '...I'm not going to Papa's funeral.'
ROSE: 'Boy, hush your mouth. That's your daddy you talking about.'"

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Declan, Owen, Rosemary, Rilee
"If they got a white fellow sitting on a bench...you can bet your last dollar he can't play. The colored guy got to be twice as good before he get on the team."
pg. 34

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Emmett, Matt, Paul, Sophie
Pg. 96
"I done raised you to come to this? You standing there all healthy and grown talking about you ain't going to your daddy's funeral?"

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"I go out  of here every morning... bust my butt... putting up with them crackers every day." pg.38
~Ngan, Emily, Shelby

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin
Pg. 2 "Trying to hide that great big old watermelon under his coat. Afraid to let the white man see him carry it home."

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"Some people build fences to keep people out...and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you."
Pg. 61
Owen, Rosemary, Declan, and Rilee

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" I got to practice. I can't work after school and play football too. The team needs me." pg.36

~Ngan, Emily, Shelby

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Paige, Dennis, Jack, Eve
pg. 3
"Give everybody a chance to drive the truck."

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Ceili, Jada, Annalise, Chloe
"What's the matter, don't I count?You think only white fellows got sense enough to drive a truck."
Page 2

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ceili, chloe, annalise, jada
page 76
Rose: " Alberta died having the baby"

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Emmett, Matt, Paul, Sophie
pg. 79
"You and them boys is my family. You and them and this child is all I got in the world. So I guess what I'm saying is... I'd appreciate it if you'd help me take care of her."

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ceili, chloe, annalise, jada
page 79
Rose: "This child got a mother. But you a womanless man"

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Rosemary, Rilee, Owen, Declan
page 70
Rose - "I been standing with you! I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you. Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me."

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"Whatever was between you and your daddy...the time has come to put it aside."
pg 96
Paige, Dennis, Jack, Eve

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Ceili, Annalise, Jada, Chloe
"I'ts just...She gives me a different idea...a different understanding about myself. I can step out of this house and get away from the pressures and problems...be a different man.  I ain't got to wonder how I'm gonna pay the bills or get the roof fixed.  I can just be a pat of myself that i ain't never been."
Pg. 68-69

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Jack, Dennis, Paige, Eve
pg. 40
"You all line up at the door with your hands out. I give you the lint from my pocket. I give you my sweat and my blood. I ain't got no tears."

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin
Pg. 79
"Okay, Troy... you're right. I'll take care of your baby for you....cause... like you say...she's innocent...and you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child.

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Declan, Owen, Rosemary, Rilee
"It is the morning of Troy's funeral."
pg. 90

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"You should have held me tight. You should have grabbed me and held on."
pg. 70
Paige, Dennis, Jack, Eve

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"How come you ain't never liked me?" pg.37
~Ngan, Shelby, Emily

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ceili, chloe, jada, annalise
page 18
Lyons: "I need something that gonna help me get out of bed in the morning. Make me feel like i belong in the world."

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin
Pg. 83 "It ain't the same, Bono. It ain't like working the back of the truck. Ain't got nobody to talk to ... feel like you working by yourself."

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin

Pg. 82
“Hear it! Hear it!
Had an old dog his name was Blue
You know Blue was mighty true
You know Blue was a good old dog
Blue trees a possum in a hollow log
You know from that he was a good old dog”

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Declan, Owen, Rosemary, Rilee
"It's my job. It's my responsibility! You understand that? A man got to take care of his family." pg.38

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Emmett, Matt, Paul, sophie
Pg. 37
"Liked you? Who the hell say I got to like you? What law is there to say I got to like you? Wanna stand up in my face and ask a damn fool-ass question like that."

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"Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me."
pg. 70
Paige, Dennis, Jack, Eve

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin
Pg. 38 "You got to keep up your grades to get recruited. This way I'll be going to college. I'll get a chance."

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Sophia M, Nick, Natalie, Cameron, Edwin

Pg. 38 "You live in my house... sleep you behind on my bedclothes... fill you belly up with my food... cause you my son. You my flesh and blood. Not 'cause I like you! Cause it's my duty to take care of you."

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" Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes?" pg.70
~Ngan, Shelby, Emily

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Paige, Dennis, Jack, Eve
Pg. 77
"Alright...Mr.Death. See now... I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do."

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Pg. 86 " You ain't never gave me nothing! You ain't never done nothing but hold me back."
Ivy, Mathias, Lyndsay