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“I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.”
“Mockery is childish. It does not become you.”
“He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had donealmost killinng me was one of those thingssand another list of all the good, heroic, brave things he ha...”
“I shower in the dark, barely able to tell soap from conditioner, and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong, that the water will heal me.”
“Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.”
“No,I just thought I'd shoot bullets out of my nose”
“Sleep," he says. "I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.""With what?""My bar hands, obviously."In the moments before i drift off to sleep, i hear him whisper, "I love you, Tris.”
“But then he stops at the door frame and says, It's 9:24. Telling me the time is a small act of betrayal-and therefore an ordinary act of bravery. It is maybe the first time I've seen Peter be truly...”
“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 things. And there were some things I didn't know...”
“And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.”
“And what this is, I realize, is life. I don't want it. I want my parents and I have for weeks. I've been trying to claw my way back to them, and now I am so close and he is telling me not to.”
“I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.”
“I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his neck to the small of his back and put it under his shirt. He kisses me harder.”
“How do you stop conflict without conflict?”
“So youre her brother? says Lynn. I guess we know who got the good genes.I laugh at the expression on Calebs face, his mouth drawn into a slight pucker and his eyes wide.”
“Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.”
“I can pretend to be brave, but I'm not”
“I also don't believe that whatever come after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions-that sounds too much like an Erudite afterlife to me, all accuracy and no feeling.”
“I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I've done, but I'm sure my list would never be complete. I also don't believe that whatever comes after life depends o...”
“He smells safe, too, like sunlit walks in the orchard and silent breakfastsin the dining hall. And in the moments before I drift off to sleep, I almost forget about our war-torn city and all the co...”
