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.
VERONICA ROTHTo 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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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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