In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
VERONICA ROTHI keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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