You will be the first test subject, Tobias. Beatrice, however.... She smiles. You are too injured to be of much use to me, so your execution will occur at the conclusion of this meeting.I try to hide...
What book(s) changed your life and why? I could probably list books for days, so I’ll just list a few favorites: The Giver by Lois Lowry, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, A Wrinkle in Time by Madelei...
The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
The floor is solid metal in some places and metal grating in others. Everything smells like rotting garbage and fire.Don't say I never took you anywhere nice, Peter says.Wouldn't dream of it, I say.
The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy.'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?
The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?
The truth has a way of changing people's plans.
Then everyone can call you Six.Four and Six, I say.
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, wh...
There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.
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.
They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them.
This is bizarre, I say.I think it's beautiful, he says.I give him a look.What? He laughs a little. They each have an equal role in government; they each feel equally responsible. And it makes them car...
This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let him step in to defend me now.
You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.
Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.
To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's...
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...
Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile.There was cake? I say, looking at my own plate, which is more sensibly stocked than Uriah’s.Ye...
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