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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide…
“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.” ― Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?” ― Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “My bare hands, obviously.” ― Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.” ― Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“"So, the thing we’re all not talking about,” he says. He gestures to me. “You almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now we’re all waging some serious war with the factionless as allies.” “Pansycake?” says Christina. “Dauntless…
""Are we sure she's not just an Erudite spy?" Lynn says. "Lynn, she saved half our faction from this stuff," says Marlene, tapping the bandage on her arm from where the Dauntless traitors shot her. "Well, half of half of our faction." "In…
""Oh," says Zeke. "How do you know that?" "Well, all the faction transfers have a secret club," I say, leaning back in my chair. "We meet every third Thursday." Zeke snorts." - Insurgent
"Be brave, Eric." -Tobias Eaton
"I wake up with his name in my mouth. Will" -Tris first lines
"I don't believe it's more important to move forward than to find out the truth... The truth has a way of changing a person's plans." - Tris
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide…
“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 both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us." "I am his, and he is mine, and it has that way all along."
“You look older.” “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.”
I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?”
“Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.”
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide…
“We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us."
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”
"Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind." -Insurgent
"I liked some things and hated some things," I say. "And some things I didn't know I had until I lost them." -- Tris Prior
...our society is not divided into "good" and "bad". Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make person kind. -- Veronica Roth
“I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?”
"I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a long time." -Marcus Eaton