“He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make me bare too.
‘Is this scaring you, Tris?’
‘No,’ I croak. I clear my throat. ‘Not really. I’m only…afraid of what I want.’
‘What do you want?’ Then his face tightens. ‘Me?’
Slowly I nod.”
― Divergent
‘Is this scaring you, Tris?’
‘No,’ I croak. I clear my throat. ‘Not really. I’m only…afraid of what I want.’
‘What do you want?’ Then his face tightens. ‘Me?’
Slowly I nod.”
― Divergent
“It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
― Divergent
― Divergent
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