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Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

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Abhijit Naskar

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“Imagine that moment when you step forward through fear. Stepping forward still afraid, braving the unknown, imagining an abyss into which you will fall…And then, and then you find yourself with wings, and you hold steady, maybe dipping and swirling, tentative and unstable. And then, and then you gain strength, slowly being able to climb to new heights. And then, and then you begin to soar. Imagine that moment. Because that moment is authentic, and at that moment, we are our truth. Paula Kent”

“Whenever I hear a survivor say they wish they'd had the courage to come forward, I instinctively shake my head. It was never about your courage. Fear of retaliation is real. Security is not free. It bothered me that coming forward should feel like heading toward a guillotine. I don't think most survivors want to live in hiding. We do because silence means safety. Openness means retaliation. Which means it's not the telling of the stories that we fear, it's what people will do when we tell our stories.”

“People have different ideas about what's brave. You did the brave thing, because the brave thing is doing what your Knowing tells you to do. You don't ask others what's brave, you feel and know what's brave. What you know to do might be the opposite of what others are telling you to do. It takes special bravery to honor yourself when the crowd is pressuring you not to. [...] Sometimes being brave requires letting the crowd think you're a coward. Sometimes being brave means letting everyone down but yourself.”