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.
VERONICA ROTHEvery 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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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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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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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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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