I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTHTris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Lies require commitment.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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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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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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