When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
VERONICA ROTHYou 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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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Being 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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