Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
VERONICA ROTHWhen 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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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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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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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