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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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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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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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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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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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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