"I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. It is the same urge, I realize, that makes me want to kiss her every time I see her, because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating. Our fingers, loosely woven a moment ago, now clutch together, her palm tacky with moisture, mine rough in places where I have grabbed too many handles on too many moving trains. Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide-open skies that I have never actually seen, only dreamed of."

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Source: Divergent and the Gospel (Part II): Vanquishing Weakness, Cultivating Strength by Jacob Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2014.

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Veronica Roth is a bestselling author known for her 'Divergent' series, which explores themes of identity, choice, and societal structures.

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