In the months that follow you bend to the work, because it feels like hope, like grace--and because … - Junot Diaz

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The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

Junot Diaz

In the months that follow you bend to the work, because it feels like hope, like grace--and because you know in your lying cheater's heart that sometimes a start is all we ever get.

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