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She has been to the compound before. she remembered this hallway. she knows about the initiation process. my mother was dauntless.
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She Has Been To The Compound Before.

Veronica Roth
She has been to the compound before. she remembered this hallway. she knows about the initiation process. my mother was dauntless.
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She walks away, and i am too stunned to follow her. at the end of the hallways she turns and says, "have a piece of cake for me, all right? the chocolate. it's delicious." she smiles a strange, twisted smile, and adds," i love you, you know." and then she's gone. i stand alone in the blue light coming from the lamp above me, and i understand: she has been to the compound before. she remembered this hallways. she knows about the initiation process. my mother was a dauntless.
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Men are four; he who knows and knows not that he knows. he is asleep; wake him. he who knows not and knows not that he knows not. he is a fool; shun him. he who knows not and knows that he knows not. he is a child; teach him. he who knows and knows that he knows. he is a king; follow him. the heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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