Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
VERONICA ROTHThe fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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