An ornate hand mirror leans against a burgundy velvet cushion beside a pale quill feather.

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John Teller

First time I read Emma Goldman wasn’t in a book. I was sixteen, hiking near the Nevada border. The quote was painted on a wall in red. When I saw those words it was like someone ripped them from the inside of my head.

— Sons of Anarchy  ·  2008

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The speaker recalls first meeting Emma Goldman's writing not in a book but as a quote painted in red on a wall. Reading those words felt like someone had torn them out of the inside of their own mind. The passage captures the jolt of recognition when another's words voice private thoughts.

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