There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything y...
In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
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 hi...
Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something.Okay. He laughs shakily in my ear. Why is your heart racing Tris?I cringe and say, Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against y...
Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say.‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face. A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the sam...
Four wanders through the crowd of initiates, watching us as we go through the movements again. When he stops in front of me, my insides twist like someone is stirring them with a fork. He stares at me...
Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt
Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton
I may be in pain, but I am not weak.
I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.
My name is Four, I say. Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.
I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.
Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that something is a fake bathroom break.
We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities.
His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my cheeks.I still don't understand, he says softly, how she knew that it would work.
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