Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
VERONICA ROTHIt 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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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