First there was the world of Divergent, full of romance and breath-taking risks. And then came Carve the Mark, a fantastical, re-imagined world. Now, Veronica Roth introduces readers into various new worlds in her anthology The End and Other Beginnings. With disturbing and moving accounts of the effects of technology and life in the future, […]
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so this is how life passes at fifteen: we wake up to the violent moon, breaking window panes and shredding plastic blinds. our bodies are sandbags holding back the Mississippi, stripping off clothes that wrap like peeling wallpaper around our skin, pounding beaten sneakers on icy sidewalks that reflect the sky. our days are clockwork— […]
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Dear future me, I don’t know if you will ever read this or even be alive to read this, but I’m going to write it anyways because I have hope that maybe we’ll make it through. If you read this, I don’t want you to read it while crying after another sleepless night, wishing that […]
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Taylor Swift’s sixth studio album has not disappointed. The highly anticipated album sold millions within the first week, more than any of her past albums, including 1989, which was listened to over 10 million times and featured six songs that reached the top 40. After buying the album, I have listened to it on loop […]
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Dear future lover, You seem really patient, and I’m so thankful you are. That’s not the only thing I’ve seen and fallen in love with, but when it comes to loving me, it seems like one needs a lot of that. You should know that there’ll be days when my anxiety will get the better […]
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We, as humans, are powerful. We are so, so powerful. I mean, with all the resources we have, we potentially have the ability to do anything. Think about it. It may sound cool, but it is also dangerous. One false move sends us packing, and we are off to jail. One false move makes us […]
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Dear Me, What I would really like to know is if you’re still in love with the boy you met back in February when the nights were cold and so was your heart. Does he still make your heart flutter and your brain question everything it has been taught about love and how wrong it […]
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Dear Future Me, I hope you’re happy. Yes, happy—and passionate, full of creative energy. Whether that energy translates into your writing or any other artistic form, I just hope that you’ve been nurturing the spark that lights up your life. I wonder if you still notice the beautiful minutiae around you—the static sparkling off television […]
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Our lips may have been pressed together, but what he really touched was my heart. I had given up on being happy and finding someone who understood me, someone I really connected with. All of that changed when I met him. If I would have gone through with my plan, I never would have met […]
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