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- He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face…
- 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.
- I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him.…
- Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?" I cringe and say, "Well,…
- Can I ask why you’re throwing knives at cheese?’ ‘Caleb came by to discuss something,’ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he…
- Yesterday he told me he thought I would have to pretend to be weak, but he was wrong. I am weak already. I brace myself…
- I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as…
- You're more than Dauntless," he says in a low voice. "But if you want to be just like them, hurling yourself into ridiculous situations for…
- His fingers leave streaks of cold on my skin, invisible to the eye, and I think about wrapping his shirt around my fist and pulling…
- I can't force you. I can't make you want to survive this." He pulls me against him and runs his hand over my hair, tucking…
- The battle we are fighting is not against a particular group. It is against human nature - or at least what it has become.
- Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.
- What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he…
- I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.
- His hand touches my waist, steadies me. The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his fingers ignited them.…
- Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.
- Four sits down on the edge of the carousel, leaning against a plastic horse's foot. His eyes lift to the sky, where there are no…
- I try to catch my breath and calm myself down, but it isn't easy. I was dead. I was dead, and then i wasn't, and…
- I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.
- Even though I am still injured, I had to fight again today.Luckily this time,I was paired against Myra,who couldn't throw a good punch if someone…
- I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her…
- So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?
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