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Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

Cameron Conaway

Top 10 Best Quotes

“I didn’t want anybody seeing my fire until I burned them with it.”

“Giving up is always an option, but not always a failure.”

“...real childhood scars heal, but not when band-aids replace self-reflection.”

“The storm before the calm.”

“The more inhuman we became the more we understood each other as humans.”

“I should no longer define myself as the son of a father who couldn’t or hasn’t or wouldn’t or wasn’t.”

“So much of control is not authoritative action but mindful waiting.”

“Ultimate vulnerability. That’s manly.”

“To live meant feeding my former self to my current self.”

“Fights begin and end with handshakes.”

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