The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
VERONICA ROTHBeing honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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