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“Buth marriages were mysterious and private things, even to the people in the marriages themselves. One spouse's perception of how the relationship was fairing could be drastically different from the other spouse's. In marriage, you were ultimately alone together.”

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“When she first crossed the dry and dusty world which his mind inhabited she had been like a spring shower; in opening himself to it he had not been mistaken. He had gone wrong only in assuming that marriage, by itself, gave him either power or title to appropriate that freshness. As he now saw, one might as well have thought one could buy a sunset by buying the field from which one had seen it.”

“True strength lies not in indulging in temptation, but in resisting it. God's design for our lives is not about deprivation, but about freedom. By choosing purity and obedience, we experience the joy and peace that come from following Him. Don't let the world's values dictate your choices; instead, let God's Word guide you. You are loved, you are valued, and you are worthy of living a life that honors Him.”

“اغلب اوقات ((استقلال)) داشتن را بی نیازی تعریف می کنند اما همان طور که گفتم استقلال می تواند به معنای داستن صلاحیت، شایستگی و‌ کاردانی در برآورده ساختن نیازها تعریف شود.”

“Before I leave the bathroom, I pinch my cheeks hard to bring blood to the surface of my skin. It’s stupid, but I don’t want to look weak and exhausted in front of everyone. When I walk back into Tobias’s room, Uriah is sprawled across the bed facedown; Christina is holding the blue sculpture above Tobias’s desk, examining it; and Lynn is poised above Uriah with a pillow, a wicked grin creeping across her face. Lynn smacks Uriah hard in the back of the head, Christina says, “Hey Tris!” and Uriah cries, “Ow! How on earth do you make a pillow hurt, Lynn?” “My exceptional strength,” she says. “Did you get smacked, Tris? One of your cheeks is bright red.” I must not have pinched the other one hard enough. “No, it’s just … my morning glow.”