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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.

Veronica Roth

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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Caleb Everything Father Fireplace Help Homework Kid Mother Neighbour Peace Suppose
I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Answer Aptitude Atack Attack Dog Either Eyes Give Look Peace Question Remind Submission Test
A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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Acknowledge Brave Other Strength
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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Being Everything Pretend Right Stand Still Stop True
It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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Alive Chose First Free Perfect Place Remind
There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Always Important Something Understand
The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Body Campfire Fire Fuel Inferno Rage
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Do Mightier Oppress People Remember Sometimes Would
Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Huge Life Part Raed Such
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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Community Discomfort Discover Factionless Important Just Live Most Poverty Separate Society Thing
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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Burden Choose Forgiveness Share Someone Wrong Wrongdoing Yourself
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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Away Between Cloth Everything Exactly Know Layer Moment Peel Separate Strip Want
He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Anyone Kept Know Life Realize Rest Secret Strongest
One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Choice Define Destroy Doubt Transform
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Act Another Believe Bravery Courage Drive One Ordinary Person Stand
If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Akk Come Emotion End Let Little never Out
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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Always Damage Each Other Even Learn Life One Escape Since Young
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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Call Eat Eternal Invincible Powerful Race
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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Again Embrace Ever Feel Gone Like Remind Same
I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Doing Eat Need Sleep Sone Thing Write
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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Arm Finger Hold Like Blade Press Slide Statemate Stay
Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Dauntless Every Flaw Kill Mine Pride
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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Build Darkness Decide Even Laugh Laughter Light Remind Sometimes Trust
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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Control Face Fear Frightening Have Less Make Situation Way
“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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Eyebrow Know Raise Remind Shine Sun Tunnel Underground
We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Believe Defend Shout Themselves Whisper
Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Distance Even Silver

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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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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