I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
VERONICA ROTHHe 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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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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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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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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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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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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