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If she's in pain now she doesn't show it; she just closes her eyes and surrenders, and that is worse than her screaming for help, somehow.

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What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoela...more

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I'll only go if there's cake.~Tobias "Four

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We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.

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Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks."I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

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Stupid. Why do people want to pretendthat death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t

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Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

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Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I don't know. I don't know.please.-Tris, DivergentCan I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I wa...more

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What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wra...more

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Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at ...more

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I grabbed hold of my Divergence like it was a hand outstretched to save me. I needed that word to tell me who I was when everything else was coming ap...more

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You're not very nice," I say, grinning."You're one to talk.""Hey, I could be nice if I tried.""Hmm." He taps his chin. "Say something nice, then.""You...more

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There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone ...more

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I don’t know how long i tis before we get cold again, and huddle under the blanket together.-It’s getting more difficult to be wise. – He says,laughin...more

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She is a woman of muscle twisted around bone.