It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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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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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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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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