My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
Veronica RothMy father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.
Veronica RothSo now we all know," says Four, quietly, "that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation." His mouth curls into a smile.
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