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.
VERONICA ROTHThere are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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