In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
Whoa there, Tobias, says the man to my left. Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was... graze hands or something.Then how do you explain all the Abnegation children? Tobias r...
We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
Who is he when he isn't Dauntless, isn't an instructor, isn't Four, isn't anything in particular?Whoever he is, I like him. It's easier to admit that to myself now, in the dark, after all that just ha...
Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.
I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.
To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community. My mother once told me that we can’t...
We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out of our world so that the good can prosper and thrive. If you also b...
To me there's a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.
I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.
You die, I die too.
We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest. He cle...
Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
Tris, Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow.There is too much I want to say. The first thing that comes out is, Beatrice.He laughs weakly.Beatrice, he amends, and touches...
Or maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go- which is the way I carry my mother now.
The fact is, Cara continues, the data network exists, and that is ethically questionable, but I believe it can work to our advantage here. Just as the computers can access data from other factions, th...
I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving through the world. There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is importan...
Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
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