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We walked through the streets with our protectors. We wore our dresses. We gave up our education because that was the price of safety. That was the bargain we made with the devil we knew to escape the devil we didn't.

We walked through the streets with our protectors. We wore our dresses. We gave up our education because that was the price of safety. That was the bargain we made with the devil we knew to escape the devil we didn't.

Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary

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C.J. Redwine
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Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for C. J. Redwine: documented activity in 2012. Wikidata Q52004395, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52004395 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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