Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
VERONICA ROTHDauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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