1. "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974."
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Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
2. "They shoot the white girl first."
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Toni Morrison, Paradise
3. "Freedom, the first-born of science."
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Thomas Jefferson, Writings: Autobiography/Notes on the State of Virginia/Public & Private Papers/Addresses/Letters
4. "course. Your first-born—Cain and Abel."
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John Steinbeck, East of Eden
5. "You are my strong, brave girl. You were born to submit, slave Jaime. And I was born for you. With"
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Claire Thompson, No Safeword
6. "girl,"
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Mary Gaitskill, The Mare: A Novel
7. "girl,"
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Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be At This Hour?
8. "as if being born a girl makes her responsible for everyone alive."
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Samantha Hunt, Mr. Splitfoot
9. "It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen."
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Quote by Dolly Parton
10. "A girl that's born for hangin' ain't likely to be drowned."
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Quote by L.A. Meyer