I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
VERONICA ROTHIn order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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Lies require commitment.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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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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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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“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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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