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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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People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.

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That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel.

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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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Yeah, well, we're all afraid." I sighed. "The angry more than most, I think.

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There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

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I wish I could tell him that we’re going through the same thing. I wish I could speak to him like I want to instead of like I’m supposed to. But the i...more

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I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead.

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I miss the fears of the past few weeks, rendered small by my fears now.

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I clench my teeth as tears come. I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them. ~ 'Tris

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But I know that for every good thing that comes along, there is always a cost.

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I have a scar-a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's always seemed stupid to me that none of the pain I've ex...more

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Fear,” she says, “is more powerful than pain.

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maybe here, in dauntless, bravery is the highest form of wisdom. the acknowledgement that life can and should be lived without fear