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.
Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton
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.
She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need...
You're not very nice, I say, grinning.You're one to talk.Hey, I could be nice if I tried.Hmm. He taps his chin. Say something nice, then.You're very good-looking.He smiles, his teeth a flash in this d...
In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
You think giving you a hug would give away too much? he says.You know, I say. I really don't care.I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his.It is the best moment of my life.
My name is Four, I say. Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them
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...
Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities.
All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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.
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...
Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her, and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.'
I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
Every tattoo I got with them is a mark of their friendship, and almost every time I have laughed in this dark place was because of them. I don’t want to lose them. But I feel like I have already.
You die, I die too.
Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.