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There was only one option left, and it was letting go.

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What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoela...more

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Thank you for your honesty," Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around me are the words "Thank you for your honesty" at ...more

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It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

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I think I speak for everyone," he says, "when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless".

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My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it...more

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Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself, this time.

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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 ...more

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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 ...more

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Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn't enough space in my mind to put all those pieces tog...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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I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.

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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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The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was risking when she risked her life."pg 337

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