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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.

Veronica Roth

My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Alone Could Even Mother Once Survive Told Want
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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Before Broken Hurt Kind never Part Realize Strong
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.
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Admit Between Confess Difference Excuse Involve Make Softening Thing
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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Always Confine Control Leader Matter Mean One Terrific Think Trouble Way
I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Brave Last One Say Time
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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Arm Around Both Enjoy Obedient Say Slip Smile Waist Wall
People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Discover Layer People Secret
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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Any Evil Excuse Human Important Reason Rely
I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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Alive Building Cast Darkness Laugh Laughter Light Place Remind Strange
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 feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Allow Both Least Like Little Myself Once Strong Weak While
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
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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Around Chest Each Exactly Hand Memorize Mine Pressure Together Waist
In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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First Must Order Peace Trust
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
Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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Evil Good Itself Knowledge Power

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