People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
VERONICA ROTHMaybe 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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Resisting is worth doing.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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 kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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