A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
VERONICA ROTHSorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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 don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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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’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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