Ingenuity requires creativity.
VERONICA ROTHBut now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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