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.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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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.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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