Maria

“I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing a big game and talk about how we could have done something differently to change the outcome”
― Walt Frazier, The Game Within the Game

“Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression and you take away their motivation, or their ability to assert themselves. Take away their selfishness and you take away their sense of self-preservation.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“It's then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb.
Of course she would.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant