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4a4e353	It was him or me. I chose me. But I feel dead too.		Veronica Roth
3c33152	But now, I am also learning this: WE can be mended. We mend each other.		Veronica Roth
9eca909	What did you do?" I scream. "You die, I die too."	insurgent tris tobias veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
2d18fa3	I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.	tobias allegiant-quotes veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
7302a51	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.	divergent-insurgent prior tris divergent-series tris-prior dystopia dystopian dystopian-fiction	Veronica Roth
e1f0f32	Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind."		Veronica Roth
2369954	There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.		Veronica Roth
ef56829	Half of bravery is perspective.		Veronica Roth
71cda0d	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.	heroes death life the-traitor tobias-eaton fourtris divergent four tris-prior veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
2e5450a	Desperation can make a person do surprising things.	surprise	Veronica Roth
2b7500e	Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic." "That's not very nice of you to say," I say. "They put me in a good mood, that's all. And now I really want to kiss you, so if you could just relax-"	funny tobias-and-tris insurgent tobias-eaton four tris veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
18187f6	He hooks a thumb in one of his belt loops and says, "How are you, Beatrice?" "Did you just call me ?" "Thought I would give it a try." He smiles. "Not good?" "Maybe on special occasions only. Initiation days, Choosing Days ..."		Veronica Roth
2ae7a50	Yes," she says, her eyes bright with tears. "My dear child, you've done so well."		Veronica Roth
bc56f55	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.	love genes tobias-eaton fourtris tris-prior belief wholeness	Veronica Roth
83b5f34	It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.		Veronica Roth
90aa13c	But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.		Veronica Roth
395beae	Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is grinning. "Heard a rumor you were a dirty traitor," Uriah says. "Yeah, whatever," says Zeke. They collide in an embrace that looks almost painful to me, slapping each other's backs and laughing with their fists clasped between them."		Veronica Roth
899446b	Why are you constantly escorting me places?" I say. "Isn't there a depraved activity you're supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?"		Veronica Roth
6efc52d	One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.	beatrice-prior insurgent tobias-eaton divergent four tris veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
42275d6	I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. I savor the air we share in the second afterwards and the slip of her nose across mine. I think of something to say, but it is too intimate, so I swallow it. A moment later I decide I don't care. "I wish we were alone," I say as I back out of the cell. She smiles. "I almost always wish tha..	kiss love four tris	Veronica Roth
17f1df6	I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.	factions tobias veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
b220fd2	You want him to walk?" Caleb demands. "Are you insane?" "Did I shoot him in the leg?" I say. "No. He walks. Where do we go, Peter?"		Veronica Roth
fe43bd9	I'm not going to pretend to know what's going on with you," he says. "But if you senselessly risk your life again -- " "I am not senselessly risking my life. I am trying to make , like my parents would have, like -- " "You are your parents You are a sixteen-year-old girl --" I grit my teeth. "How you -- " "-- who doesn't understand that the value of a sacrifice lies in its , not in throwing your life away! And if you do that again, yo..		Veronica Roth
120e50c	Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.		Veronica Roth
20de5e5	You're too important to just... die.		Veronica Roth
911e5c9	My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy "faction before blood." Blood before faction--no, love before faction, always. - Tris Prior" --	love love-before-faction	Veronica Roth
96bcf88	I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.	inspire overcome-overcome four tobias	Veronica Roth
fd590bd	It isn't the height that scares me - the height makes me feel alive with energy, every organ and vessel and muscle in my body singing at the same pitch. Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.		Veronica Roth
b0c5ebf	What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?		Veronica Roth
dcb12c2	I ignore my fear," he says. "When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist." I stare at him for a second. I can't help it. To me there's a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does."		Veronica Roth
de27eaf	I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.	peace	Veronica Roth
5f8478d	I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. It is the same urge, I realize, that makes me want to kiss her every time I see her, because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating. Our fingers, loosely woven a moment ago, now clutch together, her palm tacky with moisture, mine rough in places where I have grabbed too many handles on too many moving trains. Now she looks pale and sm..	love tris	Veronica Roth
79f25e3	My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.		Veronica Roth
a526604	One choice can transform you!		Veronica Roth
2867ef7	I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you		Veronica Roth
e08da1f	You're the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will		Veronica Roth
1b44b39	I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.	weak tris tobias strong	Veronica Roth
ac1547c	He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face into his shoulder, and there is a sudden, hollow silence.		Veronica Roth
d61c3cd	Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.		Veronica Roth
bdc3944	Before we sit down, he puts his mouth next to my ear and says, "I like your hair that way."		Veronica Roth
1aca372	Tobias," I say anyway. My hands shake, but not from fear this time- from anger. "Where is he? What are you doing to him?" "I see no reason to provide that information," says Jeanine... I make my voice flat and factual, like hers. "I see no reason to provide that information." I hear a faint snort. Peter is covering his mouth. Jeanine glares at him, and his laughter effortlessly transforms into a coughing fit. "Mockery is childish, Beatrice,..		Veronica Roth
a094756	Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. If we have little, and want for little, and we are all equal, we envy no one.	veronica-roth dystopian	Veronica Roth
6f3e356	All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.	tobias-eaton four tobias veronica-roth	Veronica Roth
dafd03d	Eyes open, then," I say, tapping the skin between my eyebrows. I don't really need her eyes to be on mine, but I feel better when they are."	tris	Veronica Roth

It was him or me. I chose me. But I feel dead too.

Veronica Roth

3c33152

But now, I am also learning this: WE can be mended. We mend each other.

Veronica Roth

9eca909

What did you do?" I scream. "You die, I die too."

insurgent tris tobias veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

2d18fa3

I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.

tobias allegiant-quotes veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

7302a51

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.

divergent-insurgent prior tris divergent-series tris-prior dystopia dystopian dystopian-fiction

Veronica Roth

e1f0f32

Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind."

Veronica Roth

2369954

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.

Veronica Roth

ef56829

Half of bravery is perspective.

Veronica Roth

71cda0d

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.

heroes death life the-traitor tobias-eaton fourtris divergent four tris-prior veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

2e5450a

Desperation can make a person do surprising things.

surprise

Veronica Roth

2b7500e

Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic." "That's not very nice of you to say," I say. "They put me in a good mood, that's all. And now I really want to kiss you, so if you could just relax-"

funny tobias-and-tris insurgent tobias-eaton four tris veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

18187f6

He hooks a thumb in one of his belt loops and says, "How are you, Beatrice?" "Did you just call me ?" "Thought I would give it a try." He smiles. "Not good?" "Maybe on special occasions only. Initiation days, Choosing Days ..."

Veronica Roth

2ae7a50

Yes," she says, her eyes bright with tears. "My dear child, you've done so well."

Veronica Roth

bc56f55

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.

love genes tobias-eaton fourtris tris-prior belief wholeness

Veronica Roth

83b5f34

It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.

Veronica Roth

90aa13c

But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.

Veronica Roth

395beae

Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is grinning. "Heard a rumor you were a dirty traitor," Uriah says. "Yeah, whatever," says Zeke. They collide in an embrace that looks almost painful to me, slapping each other's backs and laughing with their fists clasped between them."

Veronica Roth

899446b

Why are you constantly escorting me places?" I say. "Isn't there a depraved activity you're supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?"

Veronica Roth

6efc52d

One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.

beatrice-prior insurgent tobias-eaton divergent four tris veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

42275d6

I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. I savor the air we share in the second afterwards and the slip of her nose across mine. I think of something to say, but it is too intimate, so I swallow it. A moment later I decide I don't care. "I wish we were alone," I say as I back out of the cell. She smiles. "I almost always wish tha..

kiss love four tris

Veronica Roth

17f1df6

I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

factions tobias veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

b220fd2

You want him to walk?" Caleb demands. "Are you insane?" "Did I shoot him in the leg?" I say. "No. He walks. Where do we go, Peter?"

Veronica Roth

fe43bd9

I'm not going to pretend to know what's going on with you," he says. "But if you senselessly risk your life again -- " "I am not senselessly risking my life. I am trying to make , like my parents would have, like -- " "You are your parents You are a sixteen-year-old girl --" I grit my teeth. "How you -- " "-- who doesn't understand that the value of a sacrifice lies in its , not in throwing your life away! And if you do that again, yo..

Veronica Roth

120e50c

Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

Veronica Roth

20de5e5

You're too important to just... die.

Veronica Roth

911e5c9

My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy "faction before blood." Blood before faction--no, love before faction, always. - Tris Prior" --

love love-before-faction

Veronica Roth

96bcf88

I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.

inspire overcome-overcome four tobias

Veronica Roth

fd590bd

It isn't the height that scares me - the height makes me feel alive with energy, every organ and vessel and muscle in my body singing at the same pitch. Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

Veronica Roth

b0c5ebf

What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?

Veronica Roth

dcb12c2

I ignore my fear," he says. "When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist." I stare at him for a second. I can't help it. To me there's a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does."

Veronica Roth

de27eaf

I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.

peace

Veronica Roth

5f8478d

I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. It is the same urge, I realize, that makes me want to kiss her every time I see her, because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating. Our fingers, loosely woven a moment ago, now clutch together, her palm tacky with moisture, mine rough in places where I have grabbed too many handles on too many moving trains. Now she looks pale and sm..

love tris

Veronica Roth

79f25e3

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

Veronica Roth

a526604

One choice can transform you!

Veronica Roth

2867ef7

I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you

Veronica Roth

e08da1f

You're the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will

Veronica Roth

1b44b39

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

weak tris tobias strong

Veronica Roth

ac1547c

He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face into his shoulder, and there is a sudden, hollow silence.

Veronica Roth

d61c3cd

Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.

Veronica Roth

bdc3944

Before we sit down, he puts his mouth next to my ear and says, "I like your hair that way."

Veronica Roth

1aca372

Tobias," I say anyway. My hands shake, but not from fear this time- from anger. "Where is he? What are you doing to him?" "I see no reason to provide that information," says Jeanine... I make my voice flat and factual, like hers. "I see no reason to provide that information." I hear a faint snort. Peter is covering his mouth. Jeanine glares at him, and his laughter effortlessly transforms into a coughing fit. "Mockery is childish, Beatrice,..

Veronica Roth

a094756

Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. If we have little, and want for little, and we are all equal, we envy no one.

veronica-roth dystopian

Veronica Roth

6f3e356

All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.

tobias-eaton four tobias veronica-roth

Veronica Roth

dafd03d

Eyes open, then," I say, tapping the skin between my eyebrows. I don't really need her eyes to be on mine, but I feel better when they are."

tris

Veronica Roth