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41 " My opponent is Peter. "
― Veronica Roth , Divergent Series Complete Box Set (Divergent, #1-3)
42 " They don’t want you to act a certain way. They want you to think a certain way. So you’re easy to understand. So you won’t pose a threat to them. "
43 " I was also beginning to learn about social psychology and the Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures, which made me think about how malleable our supposedly strict moral codes become in the right conditions. Something that DIVERGENT grapples with. "
44 " The man driving wears a hat, a beard, and a smile. "
45 " I am such a liar. "
46 " seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths “peace. "
47 " Candor boys make wide gestures with their hands. They appear to be arguing "
48 " and shoot, I feel the same rush of power I felt the first time I held a gun. "
49 " They call themselves the Allegiant. "
50 " If you’re with Jeanine, then I hate you. Just like our father would have.” “Our father.” Caleb snorts a little. “Our father was Erudite, Beatrice. Jeanine told me—he was in her year at school.” “He wasn’t Erudite,” I say after a few seconds. “He chose to leave them. He chose a different identity, just like you, and became something else. Only you chose this … this evil.” “Spoken like a true Dauntless,” says Caleb sharply. “It’s either one way or the other way. No nuances. The world doesn’t work like that, Beatrice. Evil depends on where you’re standing. "
51 " Leaders must not be chosen based on charisma, popularity, or ease of communication, all of which are misleading and have little to do with the efficacy of a political leader. "
52 " Two things you should know about me. The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general,” he says. “It is my nature to expect the worst of them. And the second is that I am unexpectedly good with computers. "
53 " Except now I think that she isn’t just beautiful in spite of the scar, she’s somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with her buzzed hair, like Tobias with the memories of his father’s cruelty that he wears like armor, like my mother in her plain gray clothing. "
54 " extraordinarily appealing. "
55 " Every question that can be answered must be answered or at least engaged. Illogical thought processes must be challenged when they arise. Wrong answers must be corrected. Correct answers must be affirmed. "
56 " You have failed. You can’t control me!” I scream, so loud it hurts my throat. I stop struggling and sag against Peter’s chest. “You will never be able to control me.” I laugh, mirthless, a mad laugh. I savor the scowl on her face, the hate in her eyes. She was like a machine; she was cold and emotionless, bound by logic alone. And I broke her. I broke her. "
57 " It caused a huge blowup on the front lawn, but eventually Evelyn won. "
58 " gray stones for Abnegation, water for Erudite, earth for Amity, lit coals for Dauntless, and glass for Candor. "
59 " Yeah, sometimes life really sucks,” she says. “But you know what I’m holding on for?” I raise my eyebrows. She raises hers, too, mimicking me. “The moments that don’t suck,” she says. “The trick is to notice them when they come around. "
60 " Maybe just as skin on a hand grows tougher after pain in repetition, a person does too. But I don’t want to become a calloused man. "