Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
VERONICA ROTHMy 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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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