Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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…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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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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