I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
VERONICA ROTHKnowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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