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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up
I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
“I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile.” ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.” ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
“I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.” ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
"i wonder if fears ever really go away or if they just lose their power over us." -divergent
"there are some advantages to being small." -divergent
"desperation can make a person do surprising things." -tris
""I have something to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hand and look back at him "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though." "That's sensible of you," I…
""Get it off! Get it off get it off get it off!" she screams. The moth flutters away. "It's gone!" I say. Then I laugh. "You're afraid of moths?" "They're disgusting. Those papery wings and stupid bug bodies . . . " She shudders. I keep…
""Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing." "Well," he says. "I would only go if there was cake."" - Divergent
'"What floor?' the girl with the shaved head asks. "One hundred." I say. "How would you know that?" "Lynn, come on," says Uriah. "Be nice" "We're in a one-hundred-story building with some Dauntless," I retort. "Why don't you know that?"' -…
"We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another." - Dauntless Faction Manifesto
"No. I guess it was because . . . I think it's important to protect people. To stand up for people. Like you did for me. That's what the Dauntless are supposed to do, right? That's what courage is, not . . . hurting people for no reason."…
'"I think the Stiff's taken too many hits to the head!" remarks Peter, a few people down. "Hey, Stiff! Remember what a knife is?" Ignoring him, I practice the throw again with a knife in hand, but don't release it. I shut out Eric's…
"Besides, Robert. The goal of my life isn't just . . . to be happy." - Tris
"Gratitude surges in my chest, warm and a little like an ache. Maybe there is some Abnegation in everyone, even if they don't know it. Well, in everyone but Peter." - Tris
""We just . . . weren't supposed to hurt people," I say. "I like to think I'm helping them by hating them," she says. "I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind."" - Divergent
""Statistically speaking," the Erudite boy next to me - his name is Will - says, grinning at me, "you should have hit the target at least once by now, even by accident." He is blond, with shaggy hair and a crease between his eyebrows. "Is…
""You've never had a hamburger before?" asks Christina, her eyes wide. "No," I say. "Is that what it's called?" "Stiffs eat plain food," Four says, nodding at Christina. "Why?" she asks. I shrug. "Extravagance is considered self-indulgent…
"Let's go," I say."Get up, Peter." "You want him to walk?" Caleb demands. "Are you insane?" "Did I shoot him in the leg?" I say. "No. He walks." -Tris (465)