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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.
“are you afraid of me, too, tobias?”
“terrified,” he replies with a smile.
I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips down my palm, and I shiver and understand it completely.
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.
“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.
Mia mamma dice sempre che la cortesia è un inganno avvolto in una bella confezione.
Your nervous aren’t you?
I am brave, I am selfless, I am divergent.
Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.’
‘well,’ he says, ‘i would only go if there was cake.
Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks.
“i’m used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
“i’m used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
Someone shouts, “enough!” and I think too much and nothing at all.
Sometimes people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.
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.
Because you’re so approachable
I like to hurt people too. I can make the cruelest choice. The difference is, sometimes I don’t, and you always do, and that makes you evil.
My name is four,” I say. “call me ‘stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
You’re supposed to be smart.If I wanted to hurt you,I would have.
As a Dauntless soldier you have to follow orders you don’t always agree with…
It happened. It was awful. You aren’t perfect. That’s all there is. Don’t confuse your grief with guilt.”
we stay in the silence and the loneliness of the otherwise empty dormitory for a few more minutes, and I try to let her words work themselves into me.
we stay in the silence and the loneliness of the otherwise empty dormitory for a few more minutes, and I try to let her words work themselves into me.
I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.
The minutes I had left with him fall away like dead leaves pulled from branches.
If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned it from anyone.
You know what mom told me once? she said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we’re able to forgive them.
You can’t let them find out about you
One thing I know: for helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.
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.
“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.
What’s your name.”
“um……” I don’t know why I hesitate, but betrise just doesn’t sound right anymore. I have a chance to be remade here. A new fraction, a new name.
“tris,” I say firmly.
“welcome to dauntless,” he says to me.
“um……” I don’t know why I hesitate, but betrise just doesn’t sound right anymore. I have a chance to be remade here. A new fraction, a new name.
“tris,” I say firmly.
“welcome to dauntless,” he says to me.
Who cares about pretty? i’m going for noticeable.
One choice can transform you.
one choice can destroy you.
once choice will define you.
one choice can destroy you.
once choice will define you.
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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.
‘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.
I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am.
Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.
I feel like, the smaller I become, the safer I am.
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.
You have to trust yourself
Did you really need to shoot him?
Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the wiry muscles in her arms or the black ink marking her collarbone with flight.
I might be in love with you.” he smiles a little. “i’m waiting until i’m sure to tell you, though.
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.
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
I don’t know, I guess I agree with them. That if everyone would just keep learning about the world around them, they would have far fewer problems.
Officially, of course, we’re all to be treated the same, yes? but that is rarely put into practice.
And i’m the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.
I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable or corrupt or controlling that I could actually belong there. You would think that I would have learned by now—such a place does not exist.
A husband should not discipline his wife, johanna says.
One choice
one choice, decided your friends.
one choice, defines your beliefs.
one choice, determines your loyalties – forever.
once choice can transform you.
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.
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.
I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
Your different. you don’t fit into any of the categories. They can’t control you. They call it divergent.
Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.
A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
Death could not erase her, she is permanent.
I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not abnegation. I am not dauntless.
i am divergent.
i am divergent.
Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.
…there is power in self-sacrifice.
Sometimes I feel like we are the same, but sometimes, like right now, I feel the separation between our personalities like i’ve just run into a wall.
You chose us. Now we have to choose you.
Resisting is worth doing.
I don’t want to be just one thing. I can’t be. I want to be brave, and selfless, honest, intelligent, and kind. Well… I’m still working on kind.
I wonder if that fear still creeps up on her now though she worked so hard to face it—i wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
You wouldn’t shoot me
Writing is 90% procrastination, 8% perspiration, and 6%biscuit
none of it is math.
none of it is math.
They’re going to kill me
Beatrice…I think you should go.
Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
We move closer together like sections of a tightened shoelace.
The system removes the threat of anyone practicing their independent will. Divergence threatens that system. It won’t be safe until they’re removed.
I prefer to look at it another way-which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back.
Don’t try to define me.
I don’t want to be just one thing. I want to be brave, selfless, intelligent, and honest, and kind… Well, I’m still working on kind.
The future belongs to those who know where they belong
I Don’t want to go too Fast.
You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl.” I roll my eyes.
“not claustrophobic people, tris.
“not claustrophobic people, tris.
I think we cry to release the animal part of us, without losing our humanity.
I know exactly who you really are
I am selfish. I am brave.
It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
I feel uneasy. It’s not often that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone. It’s not comfortable when you do.
Are you asking me to undress, tris?’
a nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. ‘only … Partially.
a nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. ‘only … Partially.
I wonder if fears ever really go away or if they just lose their power ever us.
{To Tris} I know who you are. If you wanna survive, follow me.
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