Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
VERONICA ROTHIn order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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 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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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“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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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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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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