No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
VERONICA ROTHAt home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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