Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
VERONICA ROTHI’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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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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 traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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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