I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after a hard but satisfying day, I will be content.
Veronica Roth
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.''Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.
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Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I am selfish. I am brave.
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Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.
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That is death- shifting from is to was
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Life's something we already understand. Death is a mystery.
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Suicide, to them, is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.
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Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.
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