In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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