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.
VERONICA ROTHHe 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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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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