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 mended. We mend each other.

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Some things are hard to let go of.

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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.

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Ingenuity requires creativity.

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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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Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time.

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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

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Just as I have insisted on his worth, he has always insisted on my strength, insisted that my capacity is greater than I believe. And I know, without being told, that's what love does, when it's right-it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be. This is right.

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There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.

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

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