Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

~ Veronica Roth

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What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Squeezes, then lets go. His eyes are bloodshot; he is pale. “What did you do?” This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him, struggling against Peter’s grip, though his hands chafe. “What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.

~ Veronica Roth

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Intentions are the only thing they care about. They try to make you think they care about what you do, but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way, they want you to think a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you wont pose a threat to them.

~ Veronica Roth

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I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.

~ Veronica Roth

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Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt - the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it.

~ Veronica Roth

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You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?

~ Veronica Roth

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I like to hurt people too. I can make the cruelest choice. The difference is, sometimes I don't, and you always do, and that makes you evil.

~ Veronica Roth

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I regret... Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. I regret my choice.What Ch

~ Veronica Roth

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Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

~ Veronica Roth

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I am not Tobias Eaton, not anymore, never again. I am Dauntless.

~ Veronica Roth

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You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across myface, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry.“I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say.“Who cares about everyone? What about me?

~ Veronica Roth

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