“But those would be lies and Tris never lied to herself. At least not more than was required to stay human or sane. Lying to others was different. That was what people like her did if they wanted to remain alive.”

—  Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Source: Stamping Butterflies (2004), Chapter 40 (p. 257)

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