If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
VERONICA ROTHI can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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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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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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He 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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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