Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Divergent (Divergent Series)
This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy is the novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago h
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Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.
We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.
Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
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.
Half of bravery is perspective.
One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.
I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.
Is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?
It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.
The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
Since I was young, I have always known this: 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
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.
Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.
It must require bravery to be honest all the time.