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.
VERONICA ROTHHow have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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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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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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 bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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