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.
VERONICA ROTHNot 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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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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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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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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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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