At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
VERONICA ROTHSince I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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