A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are stillswollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo aroun...
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Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. ...
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Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, it's facing the death you know is coming.
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Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
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It’s not about Al,” I snap. “It’s about everyone watching! Everyone who now seeshurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option. I mean, why not ...
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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...
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no wonder you left."Yeah," i say, rolling my eyes. " It was just because of the food.
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My body rises with the water. Instead of kicking my feet to stay abreast of it, I push all the air from my lungs and sink to the bottom. The water muf...
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Why is your heart racing Tris?
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I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent
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The ability to think isn't exclusive to erudite
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Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic.""That's not very nice of you to say," I say. "They put me in a good mood, that...
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So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA'I liked some things and hated some t...
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He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost killinng me was one of those thingss—and another...
