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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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Thank you for your honesty," Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around me are the words "Thank you for your honesty" at ...more

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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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In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best i...more

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It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

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I think I speak for everyone," he says, "when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless".

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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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He should be the one to die, part of me thinks.I don't want to lose him, another part argues.I don't know which part to believe.

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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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The person you became with her is worth being.

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Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"I raise my eyebrows.She raises hers, too, mimicking me."The momen...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 laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place wh...more

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin....more