The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel. I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.

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

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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

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You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.

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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.

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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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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.

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Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.

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The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back...it hurts.

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