Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
VERONICA ROTHIt’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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