You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
VERONICA ROTHI traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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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