535 quotes found
Author · American · 1988
American author (born 1988)
“One ChoiceOne Choice, decided your friends.One Choice, defines your beliefs.One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever.ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU”
“People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.”
“I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.”
“I clench my teeth as tears come. I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them. ~ 'Tris”
“The person you became with her is worth being.”
“Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"I raise my eyebrows.She raises hers, too, mimicking me."The moments that don't suck," she says. "The trick is to...”
“Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.”
“I pull my foot back again, but Four's hands clamp around my arms, and he pulls me away from her with irresistible force. I breathe through gritted teeth, staring at Molly's blood-covered face, the ...”
“Yeah, well, we're all afraid." I sighed. "The angry more than most, I think.”
“I miss the fears of the past few weeks, rendered small by my fears now.”
“Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.. and as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.”
“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We cant escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other”
“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 selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He...”
“What did you do? I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Squeezes, the...”
“To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb...”
“I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.”
“It isnt right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.”
“Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.”
“Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.”
“Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.”
