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"I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himself—when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it casually with a sleeve. I wonder what it feels like to volunteer to forget everything."
"It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil."
"Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is forgotten."
"I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him."
"I am wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans, black shoes--new clothes, but beneath them, my Dauntless tattoos. It is impossible to erase my choices. Especially these."
"Ignore them. They don't know what it is to make a difficult decision." "You wouldn't have done it, I bet." "That is only because I have been taught to be cautious when I don't know all the information, and you have been taught that risks can produce great rewards."
"Don't confuse your grief with guilt."
"Instead I just let the silence stretch out between us. It's the only adequate response to what he just told me, the only that does the tragedy any justice instead of patching it hastily and moving on."
"I feel like someone is pressing me into a mold that does not fit my body, forcing me intothe wrong shape."
"I have to admit that Christina is good—though I don’t like giving credit to Candor smart-mouths—and so is Peter—though I don’t like giving credit to future psychopaths."
"Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how smart he is and that if I’m not careful he’ll notice that I keep staring at her, and that will be my undoing."
"I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am."
"My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary."
"Caleb runs up to me and folds me carefully in his arms. I breathe a sigh of relief. I thought I had gotten to the point where I didn’t need my brother anymore, but I don’t think such a point actually exists."
"The gun goes off. I fall."
"This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again."
"Please. They're like the Cult of Four."
"Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabría hacerlo."
"You want him to walk?" Caleb demands. "Are you insane?" "Did I shoot him in the leg?" I say. "No. He walks. Where do we go, Peter?"
"Half of bravery is perspective."