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Remember that time I punched you in front of my father's grave?" I ask in a sentimental voice."
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We're not ignoring the problem, not really. We're all aware it's there, even Bo. We see the edges of this new Bo, this Bo who's special, different. We're not ignoring it. We're just carefully, carefully avoiding it.
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If we're not there to protect them--that's why people being murdered! Because we aren't protecting them!' 'No.' My voice is calm and sure. 'People are getting murdered because there's a murderer.
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Beth Revis |
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Don't stagnate because of fear.
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Beth Revis |
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He doesn't look like a man who's contemplating treason. He looks terrified.
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Beth Revis |
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I may have spent the morning tracking down a lunatic thanks to a holographic image of my dad, hallucinated, and wound up in a potential terrorist's office where I had a super weird conversation, but at least pastizzi are normal.
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Why wouldn't it be the government? It's not like we have a perfectly operational terrorist group right here to do it.
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Beth Revis |
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Because we can say them or not; it doesn't matter. What is in our hearts is real whether we name it or let it exist only in darkness and silence.
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Beth Revis |
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Death is easy, and sudden, and can't be stopped.
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Beth Revis |
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The truth is, sometimes siblings have nothing in common but blood...Sometimes you stay up late at night, thinking things that make you feel like a heartless monster, wishing for something different and then feeling sick with guilt because you know what the cost of "different" would be...There's a difference between having no siblings and having a broken one."
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cost
family-love
heartless
sibling-relationships
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Beth Revis |
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Because if I break, they'll break too. It's a responsibility I'd never really felt before, or at least I never thought about enough to name. But, Bo's actions just cement my place in my family. He can walk away from the dinner table. I can't.
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sibling-relationships
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that's why people are being murdered! Because we aren't protecting them!" "No." My voice is calm and sure. "People are getting murdered because there's a murderer."
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Beth Revis |
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I think death is easier than guilt sometimes.
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I want the freedom to mess up," I say. Just once, I want to be the one who's allowed to screw up. I want the freedom to choose. Right now, I have no choice. I have to be this way. But one day, I'll be free. I'll be be able to live my life without having to be perfect. I'll be able to do anything I want - or nothing at all. I'll wander around aimlessly. I'll make mistakes. I won't worry about being safe, being perfect."
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freedom
perfection
safe
wander
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