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"I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector of the city. He said the poor didn't need policing; they needed help, and we could give it to them. But I would rather not mention that now, or here. It's one of the many things Erudite gives as evidence of Abnegation's incompetence."
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"Despite the fact that we cannot be absolutely altruistic in our behavior, we can still build our character to be loving and compassionate " to empathize with others."

"It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself."

"The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be repaid. They give to strangers and even offer help to enemies. And sadly, because their light is so bright, they also attract tons of bugs and flies their way."

"Those who love their lives too much eventually lose it. While those who are ready to sacrifice their lives for others gain it."

"No one can usurp the heights...But those to whom the miseries of the worldAre misery, and will not let them rest."

"My entire life, I've never been able to understand the concept of not being happy or excited when others were successful or had something good happen to them. It quite honestly is a concept that I cannot grasp."
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"The hurts from my last day with my father are healed now, but I want to remember where they were; I want to remember what I escaped for as long as I live."


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"Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself, this time."


"I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation."
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