Can I ask why you’re throwing knives at cheese?’‘Caleb came by to discuss something,’ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he looks at me. ‘And knife-throwing just came up somehow.’‘As it...
Before I chose Dauntless...I felt assured of my long lifespan, if nothing else. Now there are no reassurances except that where I go, I go because I choose to.
Be brave
There was only one option left, and it was letting go.
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
You look older.Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.
You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl. I roll my eyes.Not claustrophobic people, Tris.
Yeah, sometimes life really sucks, she says. But you know what I'm holding on for?I raise my eyebrows.She raises hers, too, mimicking me.The moments that don't suck, she says. The trick is to notice t...
What do I believe? I do not know; I do not know; I do not know.
We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are.
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 a...
That is death - shifting from is to was.
Someone shouts, Enough! and I think too much and nothing at all.
Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.
Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
It must be because you're so approachable,' I say flatly. 'You know. Like a bed of nails.'He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. L...
If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.
I'll say it one last time: Be brave.
I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.
I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.