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.
VERONICA ROTHIn ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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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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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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