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.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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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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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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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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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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