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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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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