The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
VERONICA ROTH- It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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 kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
VERONICA ROTHWe kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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.
VERONICA ROTHThat’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 feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
VERONICA ROTHI feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
VERONICA ROTHI feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
VERONICA ROTHBut now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
VERONICA ROTHIn order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
VERONICA ROTHNature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
VERONICA ROTHNo matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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.
VERONICA ROTHWhat 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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
VERONICA ROTHThe fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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