“Not bleakly,
Not meekly
Beat me on the bottom with the Woman's Weekly
Let's do it, let's do it tonight!
- The Ballad of Barry and Freda”

“Atticus---"… said Jem bleakly. "How could they do it, how could they?"
"I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before & they did it tonight & they'll do it again & when they do it--- seems that only children weep.”

“When Woman comes at me
do I let her take the bridle,
or turn away the head?”

“If I die tonight, then I guess I die tonight
Let me go on.”

“Let me feel how thy pulses beat.”

“Let me kiss it
And make it better
After tonight
You will forget her”

“But listen to me when I say this. You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone - not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee - push you around.”

“Let me love you, but don't love me back. Do love me and let me hate you for a while. Let me feel like I have some control, because I know I never do.”

“You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you're less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible.”

“Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.”