I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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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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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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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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