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.
VERONICA ROTHPeople, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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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 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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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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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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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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.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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