I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
VERONICA ROTHWe both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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 am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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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 don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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