To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
VERONICA ROTHIn 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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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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 feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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