Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
VERONICA ROTHAll 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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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