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"I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if my parents' God, their whole belief system, is just something concocted by a bunch of scientists to keep us under control? And not just their beliefs about God and whatever else is out there, about right and wrong, about selfishness?"
"You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are."
"The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them."
"I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us."
"With four? Doing a little... Addition? Multiplication?"
"It's time to be with my brother now"
"Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human"
"Every tattoo I got with them is a mark of their friendship, and almost every time I have laughed in this dark place was because of them. I don’t want to lose them. But I feel like I have already."
"it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear"
"Before she got here everything had stalled inside me, and every morning I was just moving toward nighttime."
"Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you."
"Some people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not."
"Well, I already know what happened to my face", I say. "I was there. Sort of"
"It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths “peace"."
"she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet to your right.' 'then you shouldn't be so concerned about losing some of yours.' she says, grinning. 'Fair enough."
"Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage."
"Oh. I just assumed... That because I am so absorbed by him everyone must be too."
"We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left."
"What thought or message would you put in a fortune cookie? "Stop reading this. Eat the cookie and live your life."
"People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled."