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.
VERONICA ROTHI feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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