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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.

Veronica Roth

Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Distance Even Silver
I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Stop Want Yourself
It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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Blow Feel Head Phrase Sentence Strange Word
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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Arm Around Both Enjoy Obedient Say Slip Smile Waist Wall
To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Burden Choose Forgiveness Share Someone Wrong Wrongdoing Yourself
You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Eyes Forhead Four Look Mutter Stare Stop Wide Wipe Won
I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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Around Chest Each Exactly Hand Memorize Mine Pressure Together Waist
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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Fate One People Person Save Something Sometimes Take Terrible Willing
My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Alone Fraction Live Mother Once Purpose Reason Survive
We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Believe Defend Shout Themselves Whisper
Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Desperation Make Person Surprise Thing
Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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Certain Condition Direction Dozen Every Fraction Hard Learn Member Mind Most People Think Way
People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Discover Layer People Secret
I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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Eat Force Go Long Lot Nap Take Think Unreasonable
I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Cowardice Cruelty Ferocity Trade Weakness
Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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