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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.

Veronica Roth

When 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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Classmate Critic Get Hard Hear Internal Over Reality Sometimes Stuff Writer
We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Believe Defend Shout Themselves Whisper
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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Alone Could Even Mother Once Survive Told Want
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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Air Breathe Close Corner Look Mouth Nail Remember replace Same Smile Tug
It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Make Ordinary Place Shrink Strange Time
Since 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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Always Damage Each Other Even Learn Life One Escape Since Young
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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Build Darkness Decide Even Laugh Laughter Light Remind Sometimes Trust
I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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Call Eat Eternal Invincible Powerful Race
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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Alone Fraction Live Mother Once Purpose Reason Survive
Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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Cry Eyes Face Inspect Like Look Narrowing Say
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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Admit Between Confess Difference Excuse Involve Make Softening Thing
I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Change Come Difficult Know Line Long Many Origin Slowly Stung Together Work
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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Evil Good Itself Knowledge Power
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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Fate One People Person Save Something Sometimes Take Terrible Willing
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.
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Arm Around Both Enjoy Obedient Say Slip Smile Waist Wall
Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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Ever Everyone Everything Greater Involve Known Love Sake Something Sometimes

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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