Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
VERONICA ROTHWe can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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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 believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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