His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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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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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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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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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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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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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