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- He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I don't understand this,…
- A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.
- The man running toward me is not a man, he is a boy. A shaggy-haired boy with a crease between his eyebrows. Will. Dull-eyed and…
- I ignore my fear,†he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.†I stare at him for a second. I can’t help…
- I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.
- His hands skim my bare arms. “Just bounce a little when you walk,†he says, kissing my forehead, “and pretend you’re afraid of their guns 
- Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is…
- 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…
- He holds my face in both hands and kisses me back. I press into the distance between us until it is gone, crushing the secrets…
- 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…
- I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.
- I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.
- I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp, pressing both palms…
- And don't pay attention to Christina. Your face doesn't look that bad." He smiles a little. "I mean, it looks good. It always looks good.…
- I hear footsteps and Four's hands wrap around my wrists. I let him pry my hands from my eyes. He encloses one of my hands…
- We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.
- We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
- I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. It is the same urge, I realize,…
- That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When…
- It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those…
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