If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment o... by Veronica Roth

If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not.

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We can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to... by Veronica Roth

We can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to.

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Peter: Where are you two going? Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner? Peter: I don't have one. I'm injured. Christina: Yeah right, you are! Peter: Well, I don't want to go to battle with a bunch of factionless. So I'm going to stay here. Christina: Like a coward. Let everyone else clean up the mess for you. Peter: Yep! Have fun dying.

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The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always. by Veronica Roth

The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.

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What?" I ask. "I'm developing a theory." "And it is?" She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, "That you have a death wish.

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He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and kisses me, sending a warm ache through my body. I wrap my hands around his arm, holding him there as long as I can. When he touches me, the hollowed-out feeling in my chest and stomach is not as noticeable.

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And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.

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It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest."... by Veronica Roth

It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent

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Take a person’s memories, and you change who they are. by Veronica Roth

Take a person’s memories, and you change who they are.

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I imagine the wave of water colliding with the rock and spilling over the tile floor, collecting around my shoes. Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but I feel like when you believe that something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can’t help yourself.

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Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabría hac... by Veronica Roth

Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabría hacerlo.

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Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.

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In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life. by Veronica Roth

In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life.

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Faction before blood. by Veronica Roth

Faction before blood.

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Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.

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I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't... by Veronica Roth

I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.

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I feel a thread tugging me again, but this time I know that it isn’t some sinister force dragging me toward death. This time I know it’s my mother's hand, drawing me into her arms. And I go gladly into her embrace.

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The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?

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Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death yo... by Veronica Roth

Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming.

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Yeah, sometimes life really sucks. But you know what I'm holding on for? The moments that don't suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around.

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He pushes his hair, soaked from the snow, out of his eyes. "So what are we going to do, break a window? Look for a back door?" "I'm just going to walk in," I say. "I'm her son." "You also betrayed her and left the city when she forbade anyone from doing that," he says, "and she sent people after you to stop you. People with guns." "You can stay here if you want," I say. "Where the serum goes, I go," he says. "But if you get shot at, I'm going to grab it and run." "I don't expect anything more." He is a strange sort of person.

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