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4033fef	I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.		Veronica Roth
2f44d6a	Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.		Veronica Roth
8e74265	Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl" I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay."	funny humor divergent tris veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
4422f12	Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?" "Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head. "Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls." "Oh, Shut up."		Veronica Roth
a5208f5	Sleep," he says. "I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you." "With what?" "My bare hands, obviously."		Veronica Roth
e56f3c7	Got that gun?" Peter says to Tobias. "No," says Tobias, "I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs."		Veronica Roth
5f8cba4	Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.	eyeliner tris pretty	Veronica Roth
1ad97f2	It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.		Veronica Roth
b70aa3b	there is power in self-sacrifice.	selflessness	Veronica Roth
d9eb69b	No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.	dauntless bravery courage life training experience	Veronica Roth
cea89c7	Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it."		Veronica Roth
1788780	I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. I said that once, before I went to Erudite headquarters, but he was asleep then. I don't know why I didn't say it when he could hear it. Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion. Or afraid that I did not know what it was to love someone. But now I think the scary thing was not saying it before it was almost too late. Not saying it before it was almost t..		Veronica Roth
f04b6f8	Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.		Veronica Roth
a2057c9	Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.		Veronica Roth
18cbf5e	I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.	love powerful power	Veronica Roth
6218b88	I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile."		Veronica Roth
02fa114	You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes. "Not claustrophobic people, Tris."		Veronica Roth
f49f943	Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.		Veronica Roth
1664030	One Choic	life inspirational	Veronica Roth
dcb50e4	One Choice One Choice, decided your friends. One Choice, defines your beliefs. One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever. ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU	life	Veronica Roth
d669797	You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life."	four tris tobias veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
bdab018	She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.	sacrifice tris tris-prior veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
14b4ebd	People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong."		Veronica Roth
2f3fb43	For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones.	tris	Veronica Roth
49ee096	Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.	guilt	Veronica Roth
120447a	Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.	good knowledge power	Veronica Roth
517e1d1	I'm not important. Everyone will do just fine without me," I say. "Who cares about everyone? What about ?"		Veronica Roth
53909f7	When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable- except that she had jumped first. The stiff had jumped first. Even I didn't jump first. Her eyes were so stern, so insistent. Beautiful.	thoughts tobias	Veronica Roth
f7252e6	I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.		Veronica Roth
583e7d4	Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other	pain hope inspirational	Veronica Roth
e7e62c5	Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.		Veronica Roth
713e07a	I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together. " why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now."	insurgent tris	Veronica Roth
35ab310	I'll say it one last time: Be brave.		Veronica Roth
6c987d8	You're not very nice," I say, grinning. "You're one to talk." "Hey, I could be nice if I tried." "Hmm." He taps his chin. "Say something nice, then." "You're very good-looking." He smiles, his teeth a flash in this dark. "I like this 'nice' thing."	humour divergent tris-and-tobias four tris tobias divergent-series	veronica roth
bef2791	What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?" says Christina. "Yes," says Will, looking puzzled. "Didn't you?"	will	Veronica Roth
4b33bd4	Lies require commitment.		Veronica Roth
d501a43	Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. It is my nature to expect the worst of them. And the second is that I am unexpectedly good with computers.	dauntless knowing-a-person four tobias suspicious	Veronica Roth
3042cf6	I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.	love tris loyalty	Veronica Roth
ee450da	Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.		Veronica Roth
60f6f61	The truth has a way of changing people's plans.		Veronica Roth
1d0fc8d	You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.	four tris tobias veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
8077cba	We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are.		Veronica Roth
68e0646	Change, like healing, takes time.	tobias-eaton healing	Veronica Roth
a4fead4	I read somewhere, one, that crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion. I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside of me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above all, towards life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.		Veronica Roth

I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

Veronica Roth

2f44d6a

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

Veronica Roth

8e74265

Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl" I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay."

funny humor divergent tris veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

4422f12

Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?" "Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head. "Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls." "Oh, Shut up."

Veronica Roth

a5208f5

Sleep," he says. "I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you." "With what?" "My bare hands, obviously."

Veronica Roth

e56f3c7

Got that gun?" Peter says to Tobias. "No," says Tobias, "I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs."

Veronica Roth

5f8cba4

Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.

eyeliner tris pretty

Veronica Roth

1ad97f2

It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

Veronica Roth

b70aa3b

there is power in self-sacrifice.

selflessness

Veronica Roth

d9eb69b

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

dauntless bravery courage life training experience

Veronica Roth

cea89c7

Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it."

Veronica Roth

1788780

I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. I said that once, before I went to Erudite headquarters, but he was asleep then. I don't know why I didn't say it when he could hear it. Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion. Or afraid that I did not know what it was to love someone. But now I think the scary thing was not saying it before it was almost too late. Not saying it before it was almost t..

Veronica Roth

f04b6f8

Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.

Veronica Roth

a2057c9

Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.

Veronica Roth

18cbf5e

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

love powerful power

Veronica Roth

6218b88

I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile."

Veronica Roth

02fa114

You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes. "Not claustrophobic people, Tris."

Veronica Roth

f49f943

Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

Veronica Roth

1664030

One Choic

life inspirational

Veronica Roth

dcb50e4

One Choice One Choice, decided your friends. One Choice, defines your beliefs. One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever. ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU

life

Veronica Roth

d669797

You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life."

four tris tobias veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

bdab018

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.

sacrifice tris tris-prior veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

14b4ebd

People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong."

Veronica Roth

2f3fb43

For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones.

tris

Veronica Roth

49ee096

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

guilt

Veronica Roth

120447a

Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.

good knowledge power

Veronica Roth

517e1d1

I'm not important. Everyone will do just fine without me," I say. "Who cares about everyone? What about ?"

Veronica Roth

53909f7

When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable- except that she had jumped first. The stiff had jumped first. Even I didn't jump first. Her eyes were so stern, so insistent. Beautiful.

thoughts tobias

Veronica Roth

f7252e6

I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.

Veronica Roth

583e7d4

Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other

pain hope inspirational

Veronica Roth

e7e62c5

Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

Veronica Roth

713e07a

I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together. " why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now."

insurgent tris

Veronica Roth

35ab310

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

Veronica Roth

6c987d8

You're not very nice," I say, grinning. "You're one to talk." "Hey, I could be nice if I tried." "Hmm." He taps his chin. "Say something nice, then." "You're very good-looking." He smiles, his teeth a flash in this dark. "I like this 'nice' thing."

humour divergent tris-and-tobias four tris tobias divergent-series

veronica roth

bef2791

What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?" says Christina. "Yes," says Will, looking puzzled. "Didn't you?"

will

Veronica Roth

4b33bd4

Lies require commitment.

Veronica Roth

d501a43

Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. It is my nature to expect the worst of them. And the second is that I am unexpectedly good with computers.

dauntless knowing-a-person four tobias suspicious

Veronica Roth

3042cf6

I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.

love tris loyalty

Veronica Roth

ee450da

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

Veronica Roth

60f6f61

The truth has a way of changing people's plans.

Veronica Roth

1d0fc8d

You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.

four tris tobias veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

8077cba

We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are.

Veronica Roth

68e0646

Change, like healing, takes time.

tobias-eaton healing

Veronica Roth

a4fead4

I read somewhere, one, that crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion. I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside of me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above all, towards life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.

Veronica Roth