I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
VERONICA ROTHIt 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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I 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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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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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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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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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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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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