There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
VERONICA ROTHTo 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 know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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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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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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Maybe 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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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