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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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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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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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In 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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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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