"SO when I got word from three different sets of people who all said Manson had cancer, I knew I couldn't get straight info from his staff and had no choice but to go over the fence for it"
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The specific intent is self-exoneration through inevitability. "Three different sets of people" is an appeal to consensus; it suggests corroboration without offering evidence. Then she shifts blame onto "his staff", cast as gatekeepers of truth, forcing her into direct action. This is a classic cult-adjacent logic: institutions lie, insiders can't be trusted, only the initiated can access the real story. In that worldview, trespass becomes moral hygiene.
The subtext is intimacy-by-entitlement. The fence isn't just a physical barrier; it's the last line between a fantasized relationship and the indifferent reality of distance. "Straight info" reads like a demand for personal access, and the demand is itself the context: Manson's lingering gravitational pull after the murders, after prison, after notoriety. Fromme's voice captures how celebrity, cult devotion, and conspiratorial thinking can fuse into a single permission structure. She isn't describing a break-in so much as rehearsing the inner monologue that makes breaking in feel like the only honest option.
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| Topic | Honesty & Integrity |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fromme, Lynette. (2026, January 17). SO when I got word from three different sets of people who all said Manson had cancer, I knew I couldn't get straight info from his staff and had no choice but to go over the fence for it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-when-i-got-word-from-three-different-sets-of-69480/
Chicago Style
Fromme, Lynette. "SO when I got word from three different sets of people who all said Manson had cancer, I knew I couldn't get straight info from his staff and had no choice but to go over the fence for it." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-when-i-got-word-from-three-different-sets-of-69480/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"SO when I got word from three different sets of people who all said Manson had cancer, I knew I couldn't get straight info from his staff and had no choice but to go over the fence for it." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-when-i-got-word-from-three-different-sets-of-69480/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




