I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTHYou believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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