I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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