Ingenuity requires creativity.
VERONICA ROTHThere 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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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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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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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