That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
VERONICA ROTHBut when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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Lies require commitment.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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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 feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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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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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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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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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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