Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined, I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.

It's time to be with my brother now

No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know.

All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind.

Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now.