I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose. - Veronica Roth

I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.

What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still
swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.”
She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground
tunnel.

He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.