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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.
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"Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?" I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"... "Maybe you were cut out for Candor," he says, "because you're a terrible liar."
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four
tris-prior
veronica-roth
cute
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"Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?"... "You've been paying close attention, haven't you?" "I like to observe people/" "Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar."
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love
divergent
four
tobias
tris-prior
veronica-roth
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Veronica Roth |
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"Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice."
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tris-prior
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Veronica Roth |
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Veronica Roth |
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"I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice." "What Choice?" "Dauntless," he says. "I was born Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But I met , and... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision." "
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romantic
love
faction
tobias-eaton
tris-prior
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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 wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Squeezes, then lets go. His eyes are bloodshot; he is pale. "What did you do?" This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him, struggling against Peter's grip, though his hands chafe. "What did you do?" I scream. "You die, I die too" Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. "I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.
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dauntless
erudite
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tobias-eaton
tobias
tris-prior
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Veronica Roth |
11e7c1c
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"One choice can transform you.
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insurgent
divergent
tris-prior
veronica-roth
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Veronica Roth |
6f4bb70
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"Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow. There is too much I want to say. The first thing that comes out is, "Beatrice." He laughs weakly. "Beatrice," he amends, and touches his lips to mine. I curl my fingers into his shirt."
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Veronica Roth |
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It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.
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divergent-insurgent
prior
tris
divergent-series
tris-prior
dystopia
dystopian
dystopian-fiction
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Veronica Roth |
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Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.
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life
the-traitor
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four
tris-prior
veronica-roth
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Veronica Roth |
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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 - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent. 'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.
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love
genes
tobias-eaton
fourtris
tris-prior
belief
wholeness
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Veronica Roth |
babd05e
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He is strong, and lithe, and certain. And he is mine.
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Veronica Roth |
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"His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my cheeks. "I still don't understand," he says softly, "how she knew that it would work."
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love
tobias-eaton
simulation
tris-prior
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Veronica Roth |
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she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet to your right.' 'then you shouldn't be so concerned about losing some of yours.' she says, grinning. 'Fair enough.
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tobias-eaton
muffins
tris-prior
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Veronica Roth |
5b6a6af
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"Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her, and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.'
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tobias-eaton
tris-prior
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Veronica Roth |
79e0a24
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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tobias-eaton
fourtris
tris-prior
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Veronica Roth |
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"One way was Taylorism. Frederick W. Taylor had been a steel company foreman who closely analyzed every job in the mill, and worked out a system of finely detailed division of labor, increased mechanization, and piecework wage systems, to increase production and profits. In 1911, he published a book on "scientific management" that became powerfully influential in the business world. Now management could control every detail of the worker's energy and time in the factory. As Harry Braverman said (Labor and Monopoly Capital), the purpose of Taylorism was to make workers interchangeable, able to do the simple tasks that the new division of labor required--like standard parts divested of individuality and humanity, bought and sold as commodities."
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