He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
VERONICA ROTHHow have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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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 believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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