I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
VERONICA ROTHI traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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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 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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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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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