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I'll be your family now, " he says. "I love you, " I say. (....)He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. "Say it again."" Tobias, " I say, "I love you.Veronica Roth
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I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice."" What Choice?", and... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision."Veronica Roth
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.Veronica Roth
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Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.. and as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.Veronica Roth
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What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have passed." Honestly?"" Does now seem like the time for honesty?" I look at her from the corner of my eye. "I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.Veronica Roth
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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-Veronica Roth
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Be careful, though."" Aren't I always?"" No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.Veronica Roth
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Instead I take the lead, Tobias silent at my side, and though he does not touch me, he steadies me.Veronica Roth
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I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.Veronica Roth
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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.Veronica Roth
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Fear, ” she says, “is more powerful than pain.Veronica Roth
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I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Becauseinside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, aboveall, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.Veronica Roth
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Ingenuity requires creativity.Veronica Roth
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Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt - the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it.Veronica Roth
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It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But some dirt is destined to lingered.Veronica Roth
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I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.Veronica Roth
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You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?Veronica Roth
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.Veronica Roth
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I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.Veronica Roth
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Mockery is childish. It does not become you.Veronica Roth