There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes 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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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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