It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
VERONICA ROTHSince I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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