You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.
Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face. A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially
There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's your name?" "Um..." I don't know why I hesitate. But "Beatrice" just doesn't sound right anymore. "Think about it," he says, a faint smile curling his lips. " You don't get to pick again." A new place, a new name. I can be remade here. "Tris," I say firmly.
You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes. "Not claustrophobic people, Tris.
Why is your heart racing Tris?
Four: Be brave Tris. The first time is always the hardest.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.
Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.
We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness.
I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.
"I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say, "I love you."
It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.
I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. "THAT'S why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.
A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.
For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones.
The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.
I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris
Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris
Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
I look out the window again, taking slow, deep breaths into a body too tense to move. And as I stare out at the land, I think that this, if nothing else, is compelling evidence for my parents’ God, that our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel. -Tris Prior
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