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Cora's garden patch on the plantation was tiny. She fought so hard for that dirt. It shows how much we need something of our own.

“If you want to see what this nation is about, you have to look at the tracks.”

The literal train tracks under the earth change everything. Seeing the stations makes the escape feel heavy and physical. History isn't just a metaphor.

South Carolina seemed like a paradise at first. Then you see the doctors and the hidden clinics. Poison can be wrapped in a clean bandage.

Ridgeway is terrifying because he thinks he is the hero. He hunts people like it is a holy calling. That kind of logic is hard to break.