“In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear.”

—  Judy Blume

Source: Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers

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