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“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“You are the shuckiest shuck faced shuck in the world!”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“I stand and hold out my hand. She gives me a skeptical look, but takes it and lets me pull her to her feet. I put my other hand in the air. 'Bronwyn Rojas, I solemnly swear not to murder you today or at any point in the future. Deal?'
'You're ridiculous,' she mutters, going even redder.
'It concerns me you're avoiding a promise not to murder me.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“I know what it's like to tell yourself a lie so often that it becomes the truth.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Time travel me back.
Let me say good-bye again.
A minute more,
a moment,
a chance to see. . .”
― Sarah Crossan, Moonrise

“Some guys get fifteen years, others get life.
So death for Ed
but not for everyone.

Cos it all depends on who you kill and where you kill them too.

Like,
don't shoot a white cop in Walker Country, Texas. If that's your plan, do it in Arlington, New York- no needles of electric chairs there.

Just doesn't seen fair to me.”
― Sarah Crossan, Moonrise

“Death row is a place for broken people
just like Tom Hanks.
They can't be fixed,
warped all out of shape
by the cracks and splinters inside them.

And what else can you do with stuff that's broken
except throw it in the trash?

Right?”
― Sarah Crossan, Moonrise

“We didn't Make this World we're just the Poor Fools who are living in it.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“Welcome to Perdido beach, where our motto is: Radiation, what radiation?”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“It couldn’t last. Everyone was just killing time. But if all they did was kill time, time would end up killing them.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“It's not about who's got powers, morons. It's about who's not afraid. And who's going to do what has to be done.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“Sam had a DVD in his hand. He said, "Yesterday I sent Edilio to the power plant to get two things. First, a cache of automatic weapons from the guardhouse.
"Machine guns?"
"Yeah. Not just for us to have, but to make sure the other side doesn't get them."
"Now we have an arms race," Astrid said.
Her tone seemed to irritate Sam. "You want me to leave them for Caine?"
"I wasn't criticizing, just... you know. Ninth graders with machine guns; it's hard to make that a happy story."
Sam relented. He even grinned. "Yeah. The phrase 'ninth graders with machine guns' isn't exactly followed by 'have a nice day'.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“Ninth graders with machine guns: its hard to make that a happy story.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“So many things I'm not, and so few things I am.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“Man, don't ever be sorry you don't want to kill someone.”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“That's your solution? Have a cookie?”
― Michael Grant, Gone

“I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

“Eyes open, then," I say, tapping the skin between my eyebrows. I don’t really need her eyes to be on mine, but I feel better when they are.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

“She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what’s making her strong.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

“It's like he knows, he knows I have a thing for her.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

“This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

“I feel like someone is pressing me into a mold that does not fit my body, forcing me intothe wrong shape.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene