It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
VERONICA ROTHIn 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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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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 laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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