“Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
“I'm not sure bravery is something you acquire more of with age, like wisdom --but maybe here, in Dauntless, bravery is the highest form of wisdom, the acknowledgement that life can and should be lived without fear.”
― Four: A Divergent Story Collection
― Four: A Divergent Story Collection
“I don't have the right word for how she looks, but even now, with parts of her face swollen and discolored, there's something striking about her, something I haven't seen before.
In that moment I'm able to accept the inevitability of how I feel, though not with joy. I need to talk to someone. I need to trust someone. And for whatever reason, I know, I know it's her.
I'll have to start by telling her my name.”
― Four: A Divergent Story Collection
In that moment I'm able to accept the inevitability of how I feel, though not with joy. I need to talk to someone. I need to trust someone. And for whatever reason, I know, I know it's her.
I'll have to start by telling her my name.”
― Four: A Divergent Story Collection
“Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
“One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.”
― Four: A Divergent Story Collection
― Four: A Divergent Story Collection
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