There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
VERONICA ROTH“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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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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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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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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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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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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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