It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, 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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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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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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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