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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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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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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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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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