“May we take my uncle's letter to read to her? Take whatever you like, and get away.”
“Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.”
“You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life whatever way you want to.”
“I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms. –Uncle Sam ”
“Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.”
“Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.”