I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
VERONICA ROTHI watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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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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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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