I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.
Veronica RothBut I killed a man just like my mother did. David says itโs okay because I didnโt mean to, and because he was about to kill that little kid. But Iโm pretty sure my mom didnโt mean to kill my dad, either, so what difference does that make, meaning or not meaning to do something? Accident or on purpose, the result is the same, and thatโs one fewer life than there should be in the world.
Veronica RothLittle girl, he called me. A little girl who is stressed out to the point of paranoia. That is not me, but now, it's who the Candor think I am.
Veronica RothI shield my eyes from the sun to see her cold lookโthe expression I saw in my mind even before I looked at her. She looks older to me than she ever has, stern and tough and worn by time. I feel that way, too. โThese people have no regard for human life,โ she says. โTheyโre about to wipe the memories of all our friends and neighbors. Theyโre responsible for the deaths of a large majority of our old faction.โ She sidesteps me and marches toward the door. โI think theyโre lucky Iโm not going to kill them.
Veronica RothI feel like someone is pressing me into a mold that does not fit my body, forcing me intothe wrong shape.
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