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I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.

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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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Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt

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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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You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across myface, to the wall behind me or the c...more

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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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Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m all right?” I say.“No, I’m pretty sure you’re not all right.”He shakes his head. “I’m going to ask you not to make a...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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That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When he finally drift...more

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I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me ...more

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I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that’s tr...more