Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "C... by Veronica Roth

Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.

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But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.

kissing fall thinking

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

preparation fear believe

They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them.

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You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch o... by Veronica Roth

You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.

tired waiting littles

Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless he... by Veronica Roth

Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.

als pride heart

I'll say it one last time: Be brave. by Veronica Roth

I'll say it one last time: Be brave.

be-brave lasts brave

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their... by Veronica Roth

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

going-away wonder love

I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.

badass book people

I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.

desperate mother father

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hur... by Veronica Roth

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

pain broken hurt

I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving through the world. There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand

important mind moving

We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.

shouting believe

We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.

kissing together hands

It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.

cowardice bullying prove

Human reason can excuse any evil. by Veronica Roth

Human reason can excuse any evil.

divergent excuse evil

My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I wil... by Veronica Roth

My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.

four problem names

I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then ta... by Veronica Roth

I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.

cake naps thinking

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen some... by Veronica Roth

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

like-me enough thinking

Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

missing-someone sad mother

It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

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