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"For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones."
"Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing."
"Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice."
"You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people."
"I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded."
"Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him."
"I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me."
"A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy."
"Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places."
"Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake."
"There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period."
"I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us."
"My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live."
"Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging"
"To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community. My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live."
"Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind."
"I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me."
"What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?"
"I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could."
"We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear."