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Veronica Roth

It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Accept Anything Bullying Cowardice Prove Recall Sign
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
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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Ever Everyone Everything Greater Involve Known Love Sake Something Sometimes
I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Answer Aptitude Atack Attack Dog Either Eyes Give Look Peace Question Remind Submission Test
Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Deception Mom Packaging Politeness Pretty Say Use
Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Make Money Much Nature Neutral Person
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Do Mightier Oppress People Remember Sometimes Would
All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Being Everything Pretend Right Stand Still Stop True
I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Stop Want Yourself
No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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Brave Happen Long Matter Real Someone Something Train Until
A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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Air Breathe Close Corner Look Mouth Nail Remember replace Same Smile Tug
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
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
I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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Call Eat Eternal Invincible Powerful Race
Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Better Cry Feel Laugh Only Option Right Sometimes
I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Bleed Idiocy Know Nose People Spontaneously Start

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