Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTHIn order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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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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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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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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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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 think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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