My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
VERONICA ROTHWe both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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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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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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