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1 " Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option. "
― Veronica Roth , Divergent (Divergent, #1)
2 " It should be said that my parents had married for love. The affection and devotion they had shared was the rarest of indulgences, perhaps especially in those days. For them, it had been love at first sight, and so my mother's death shattered my father. That it only dimmed his light rather than snuffed it out altogether was a miracle in and of itself. ~The Peacemakers ~(The Nemesis Engines) "
3 " After my mother's death I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone. "
4 " I can't let my mother's death have been in vain. Democracy is the best revenge, and we will have it. "
