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“Ashamed Forever” (111)


”I was afraid” (116)

“I did not move” (116)

“Doing nothing [became] the norm” (SP 19)

 

“I kept saying, ‘Help me, help me,’ but no one did” (SP 28)

“Several cars drove by [during the] attack” (SP 18)

“20 people watched [the] gang rape” (SP 19)

“38 [people] watched a killer stalk and stab [the victim]” (SP 25)

“I didn’t want to get involved” (SP 26)

 

“I watched the whole scene without moving” (62)

“I kept quiet” (62)

“My body was afraid of receiving the blow” (116)

“[I] wanted to say something but was chocked with fear” (60)

 

“I did not feel any pity” (60)

“I had not even flickered an eyelid” (48)

“I did not weep” (116)

“I abandoned him” (111)

 

“If only I could get rid of this dead weight” (111)

“I felt guilty” (115)

“But the cry stayed in my throat” (114)

“[How could] I look on and say nothing” (48)

“Every human being lives for himself alone” (115)

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