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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.

Veronica Roth

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Allow Both Least Like Little Myself Once Strong Weak While
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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Cry Eyes Face Inspect Like Look Narrowing Say
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Best Near Someone Sometimes Way
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.
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Always Around Aueezing Both Breathing Claw Feeling Grasp Monstrous Press Strange
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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Build Darkness Decide Even Laugh Laughter Light Remind Sometimes Trust
“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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Eyebrow Know Raise Remind Shine Sun Tunnel Underground
I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Answer Aptitude Atack Attack Dog Either Eyes Give Look Peace Question Remind Submission Test
I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Brave Last One Say Time
Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Dauntless Every Flaw Kill Mine Pride
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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Caleb Everything Father Fireplace Help Homework Kid Mother Neighbour Peace Suppose
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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Always Damage Each Other Even Learn Life One Escape Since Young
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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Admit Between Confess Difference Excuse Involve Make Softening Thing
The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Body Campfire Fire Fuel Inferno Rage
Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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Being Brave Dauntless Fear Midst
I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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Anything Believe Come Correct Depend Rack Transgression
How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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Before Broken Hurt Kind never Part Realize Strong
Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Finally Keep Look Lose People Person Stare
I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Bleed Idiocy Know Nose People Spontaneously Start
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Do Mightier Oppress People Remember Sometimes Would
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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Certain Condition Direction Dozen Every Fraction Hard Learn Member Mind Most People Think Way
That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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Be Could Love Make More Right Thought
Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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Again Choice Country Made People Person
What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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Breakfast Celebrity Country Eye Form Fuzzy Hair People Sleep Still Swollen Tangle Today
Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Make Money Much Nature Neutral Person
It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Because First Hurt Other Pain People Right Wish
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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Alive Chose First Free Perfect Place Remind
One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Choice Define Destroy Doubt Transform

Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.

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