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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin....more

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin....more

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Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

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You're desperate, and so am I,' I said. 'Desperate people make stupid decisions all the time.'"P244

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I know what it is to become something you hate, I know how it hurts. But life is full of hurt. And your capacity for baring it is much greater than yo...more

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This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.

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What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

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I may be in pain, but I am not weak.

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There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

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I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He...more

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I don't want to cry for Edward- at least not in the deep, personal way that you cry for a friend or loved one. I want to cry because something terribl...more

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A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

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Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that s...more

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Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

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I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. There's nothi...more