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" I always imagined my little cartoons on plates for some reason. "

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" One way of paying tribute to my parents was 'bearing witness' as the Quakers do - writing down everything that was happening instead of turning my back on it and pretending that it was all great. "

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" For me, drawing was an outlet. No one in school said, 'Oh, she can do sports,' or, 'She's pretty,' but I could draw. "

" I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that I'm fighting a thousand people. "

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" I don't think any of my kids' books talk down to kids. "

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