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"I would like a cappuccino," says Linus politely. "Thank you.""Your name?""I'll spell it for you," he says. "Z-W-P-A-E-N--""What?" She stares at him, Sharpie in hand."Wait, I haven't finished. Double F-hyphen-T-J-U-S. It's an unusual name, Linus adds gravely. "It's Dutch."
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"She may have been among them but she could never be one of them. She was without inclusion for-as-much as she was not "one of the girls" and she wasn't "one of the guys." She was an outsider gazing in, endlessly comfortless, while they wished they had what it took to be less like the others and more like her."
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"The image of God is in every human."
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"When we speak, dress, and think like others, we live with the goal of achieving the approval they have."
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"I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent."
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"I feel like how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. And I got so backwards, trying to make myself matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who care about me, and this place. It's so easy to get stuck. You just get caught in being something, being special or cool or whatever, to the point where you don't even know why you need it; you just think you do."
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"Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else."
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"Without accepting ourselves, we try to meet requirements of society and do everything to be accepted."
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"Find yourself, who are you?Choose yourself, who can you be?Define yourself to find your destination."
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"It's not the appearance that makes a man, it's the man that makes an appearance."
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"Ay every inch a king."
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"Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices."
Observation
"Family's the most important thing."
Family
"So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now."
Patience
"Don't think about it. Don't think about what could have been. It's too unbearable."
Regret
"It's all a game. And if you don't want to play, maybe you shouldn't come to Hollywood."
Society
"The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.It's for their own good."
Ethics
"Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late."
Life
"Mothers are multi-taskers."
Motherhood
"They were even talking about buying a bodyguard, can you believe it? I mean, what on earth would I look like, turning up with a bodyguard? Actually, I'd look pretty cool and mysterious, wouldn't I? That might have been quite a good idea."
Humor
"It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it's only ever a question, never an answer. You can't live your life waiting for an answer."
Love
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