The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
VERONICA ROTHPride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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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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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 kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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