Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTHThen 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 wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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 am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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