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quotes by topic allegiant

" I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose. "

Blood , allegiant

" It's strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary. "

allegiant , strange

" Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible faith is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that "something" is a fake bathroom break. "

Friendship , allegiant

" You're not very nice," I say, grinning."You're one to talk.""Hey, I could be nice if I tried.""Hmm." He taps his chin. "Say something nice, then.""You're very good-looking."He smiles, his teeth a flash in this dark. "I like this 'nice' thing. "

divergent , allegiant

" You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward. "

allegiant

" We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left. "

quote , allegiant

" My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil."I back up another step and say, "She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplaced disgust for another person's genetics. That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own. ... "

Love , allegiant

" I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole. "

Belief , allegiant

" I laugh, and it‚Äôs laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place whereeverything I‚Äôve ever known is coming apart. I know some things‚ÄîI know that I‚Äôm not alone, that I have friends, that I‚Äôm in love. I know where I came from. I know that I don‚Äôt want to die, and for me, that‚Äôs something‚Äîmore than I could have said a few weeks ago. "

Darkness , allegiant

" It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt."We stay in the silence and the loneliness of the otherwise empty dormitory for a few more minutes, and I try to let her words work themselves into me. "

allegiant

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