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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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 think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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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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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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