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.
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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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