“Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.”
“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.”
“When she’s close enough, she extends her hand. “Hello, my name is Natalie. I’m Beatrice’s mother.” Beatrice. That name is so wrong for her.”
“She's right, she hardly knows me. But still: Her heart is racing.”
“It's over," I say, wincing- she punches harder than she realizes. I ignore the pain and run a hand over her hair, because I'm stupid, and inappropriate, and stupid...”
“I am not a perfect Dauntless member; I am someone who believes that more than one virtue should be prized; I am Divergent.”
“Fear doesn't shut you down, (...) it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating.”
“I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding,”
“I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but opened is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding.”
“(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.”
“He would change my life and behave with selfless cruelty as he prepared to set out on a journey with no hope of return.”
“When I’m on tour, I get to meet hundreds of enthusiastic readers. There is truly nothing better for an author than having someone come up to them and say, “I loved your book.” For that, I’ll take off my shoes at airport x-rays and sit cramped in an airline seat for hours with nothing to eat but a tiny bag of peanuts. It’s totally worth it. Writing”
“She was an old woman who thought all evil of those she did not know, and all good of those whom she did know....”
“have remained true to my deepest convictions, I mean to the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to”
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