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61 " was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my terrifying father posed to my safety. I was a man, afraid of the threat he posed to my character, to my future, to my identity. "
― Veronica Roth , Divergent Series Complete Box Set (Divergent, #1-3)
62 " Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To me, the acknowledgments page is a place for me to say, as "
63 " I do know that. I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten. He is afraid that he will not be able to put in that work, that he will squander those days, and that they will leave him worse off than he is now. And I understand that feeling—I understand being afraid of yourself. "
64 " I like it,” I say. “Insurgent. It’s perfect. "
65 " I felt assured of my long lifespan, if nothing else. Now there are no reassurances, except that where I go, I go because I choose to. "
66 " There the pipes are transparent. I can see brown-tinged water rushing through one pipe, disappearing into the machine, and emerging clear. Both of us watch the purification happen, and I wonder if he is thinking what I am: that it would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us out into the world clean. But some dirt is destined to linger. "
67 " Got something to prove?” asks Eric, with his trademark smirk. “Or are you just picking the weak ones so that if you lose, you’ll have someone to blame it on?” Four shrugs. “Something like that.” Angry. I should definitely be angry. I scowl at my hands. Whatever Four’s strategy is, it’s based on the idea that I am weaker than the other initiates. And it gives me a bitter taste in my mouth. I have to prove him wrong—I have to. "
68 " when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. "
69 " I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. "
