Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, 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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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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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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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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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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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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It 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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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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 feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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