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I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.

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If she's in pain now she doesn't show it; she just closes her eyes and surrenders, and that is worse than her screaming for help, somehow.

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Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

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Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m all right?” I say.“No, I’m pretty sure you’re not all right.”He shakes his head. “I’m going to ask you not to make a...more

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That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When he finally drift...more

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I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me ...more

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I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that’s tr...more

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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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But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everythi...more

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He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight for a few seconds. Hisbreaths tickle my ear, and I close my eyes, letting myself finally relax. Hesmell...more

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I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, eve...more

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I grabbed hold of my Divergence like it was a hand outstretched to save me. I needed that word to tell me who I was when everything else was coming ap...more

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Sometimes I feel like we are the same, but sometimes, like right now, I feel the separation between our personalities like I've just run into a wall.

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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

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I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family.And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior