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.
VERONICA ROTHI’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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 wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTHI wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
VERONICA ROTHThere are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
VERONICA ROTHBut now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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.
VERONICA ROTHHis 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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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
VERONICA ROTHWe 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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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
VERONICA ROTHI have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
VERONICA ROTHAt home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
VERONICA ROTHReading is such a huge part of my life.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
VERONICA ROTHNot writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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.
VERONICA ROTHTo 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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTHKilling you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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To 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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