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There was only one option left, and it was letting go.

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If she's in pain now she doesn't show it; she just closes her eyes and surrenders, and that is worse than her screaming for help, somehow.

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Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.

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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mend...more

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What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wra...more

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I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that’s tr...more

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My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it...more

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Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself, this time.

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Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at ...more

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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...more

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Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn't enough space in my mind to put all those pieces tog...more

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You know,' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin....more

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There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin....more