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.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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 have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Lies require commitment.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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