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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.

Veronica Roth

You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Eyes Forhead Four Look Mutter Stare Stop Wide Wipe Won
It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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Again Embrace Ever Feel Gone Like Remind Same
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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Fate One People Person Save Something Sometimes Take Terrible Willing
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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Classmate Critic Get Hard Hear Internal Over Reality Sometimes Stuff Writer
One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Choice Define Destroy Doubt Transform
Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Change Drastic Measure Require Sometimes
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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Admit Between Confess Difference Excuse Involve Make Softening Thing
Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Desperation Make Person Surprise Thing
You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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Believe Better Life Make Thing True
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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Afraid Become Control Desperate Father Feel Halfway Impulsive Lost Mother Violent
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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Collection Densem Few Inch Like Look Sometimes Taller Torsos World
What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Also Each Learn Mended Other
I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Already Everything Know Terrified
“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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Eyebrow Know Raise Remind Shine Sun Tunnel Underground
Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.

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