The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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 know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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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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