Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
("Divergent")
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His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pass, and the hole will be gone, like when an organ is removed and the body's fluids flow into the space it leaves. Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.Veronica Roth
Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.
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And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?
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I settle into their pace. The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes me believe that I could choose this. I could be subsumed into Abnegation's hive mind, projecting always outward.
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Yesterday he told me he thought I would have to pretend to be weak, but he was wrong. I am weak already. I brace myself against the wall and press my forehead to my hands. It's difficult to take deep breaths, so I take short, shallow ones. I can't let this happen. They attacked me to make me feel weak. I can pretend they succeeded to protect myself, but I can't let it become true.
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Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
Veronica Roth
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