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  • I do not regret choosing Dauntless or leaving Abnegation.   (source)
  • I didn't know that most of the Divergent came from Abnegation, and I don't know why that would be.   (source)
  • Not hushed, like the Abnegation speak, always treading holy ground and trying not to disturb.   (source)
  • My father: Erudite-born, Abnegation-grown.   (source)
  • If he wasn't Abnegation, I'm sure the girls at school would stare at him.   (source)
  • The Abnegation aren't manipulative, but they aren't forthright, either.   (source)
  • It must be someone from Abnegation, or from school.   (source)
  • By now, the Abnegation at the other end of the table are paying attention.   (source)
  • Perhaps the little Abnegation girl inside of you would take that more seriously.   (source)
  • Many children who are raised Abnegation receive that kind of result.   (source)
  • "My allegiance lies with anyone who does not support the attack on Abnegation," he says.   (source)
  • It is made of tarnished, dull metal, an Abnegation wedding band.   (source)
  • Halfway to the bowls, I am sure that I will choose Abnegation.   (source)
  • You are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Abnegation.   (source)
  • All the Abnegation will die if this continues.   (source)
  • The Abnegation sit in tight rows a few yards to my left.   (source)
  • That every second I waste means another Abnegation dead and another Dauntless made into a murderer?   (source)
  • I should tell her that my result was Abnegation, because that's what Tori recorded in the system.   (source)
  • I heard you talking to Johanna about what motivated Jeanine's attack on Abnegation.   (source)
  • What's an Abnegation member doing in a truck with two Amity?   (source)
  • Not Dauntless, not Abnegation, not factionless.   (source)
  • And technically, I also got an Abnegation result—according to the system.   (source)
  • Before he can go on, the cafeteria doors open, and a group of Abnegation come in.   (source)
  • Marcus said that information the Abnegation possessed motivated Jeanine's attack on Abnegation.   (source)
  • You have a lot of Abnegation leaders to murder, after all.   (source)
  • I may not be an Abnegation-loving faction traitor.   (source)
  • "And too Abnegation to 'celebrate," ' remarks Lynn.   (source)
  • My odds, as the smallest initiate, as the only Abnegation transfer, are not good.   (source)
  • You transferred from Abnegation to Dauntless?   (source)
  • Abnegation is a strange faction, I have to tell you.   (source)
  • The Abnegation were reluctant to provide information that only serves to relieve curiosity.   (source)
  • I wanted to acknowledge a part of myself that Abnegation demanded that I hide.   (source)
  • No, the Abnegation were inclined toward forgiveness and reconciliation, as you might expect.   (source)
  • "You're not cutting your hair like the Abnegation anymore," I say.   (source)
  • They just want more say, that's all, and they resent Abnegation for refusing to listen to them.   (source)
  • His eyes roam over the symbol of Abnegation, and he smiles.   (source)
  • Is it hard for you to be in an Abnegation house again?   (source)
  • One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, "Drink this."   (source)
  • This would never have happened in Abnegation!   (source)
  • Is that why you got Abnegation's symbol tattooed on your shoulder?   (source)
  • Except: He did not have the quiet demeanor of someone who grew up in Abnegation.   (source)
  • Abnegation would welcome you back; I'm sure of it.   (source)
  • "People who tell the truth are the Candor ...and the Abnegation," she says.   (source)
  • Also, when Jeanine attacked Abnegation, she got all the Abnegation data.   (source)
  • "He wanted you to be the small, quiet girl from Abnegation," Four says softly.   (source)
  • I'm sure Abnegation would make an exception for you.   (source)
  • Murdered every single Abnegation leader?   (source)
  • So am I—the Abnegation don't hold grudges.   (source)
  • I can't wage war against Abnegation, against my family.   (source)
  • "Your Abnegation is showing," says Christina.   (source)
  • I was about to rattle off a few more holidays, but only the Abnegation celebrate them.   (source)
  • He gets up and sits at the other end of the table with the rest of the Abnegation.   (source)
  • Are there any Abnegation initiates this year?   (source)
  • And because the Abnegation don't take photographs, the only documentation I have of how they looked.   (source)
  • I brush over Abnegation's symbol with my fingertips.   (source)
  • Tori reported my result as Abnegation, so that is what is in the system.   (source)
  • "Susan wants to go see the Abnegation," he says.   (source)
  • All the Abnegation looked the same to me.   (source)
  • The Abnegation are willing to die for any person, friend or enemy, if the situation calls for it.   (source)
  • "Stiff" is slang for Abnegation, and I'm the only one here.   (source)
  • The other Abnegation and myself have discussed it and decided that we should not stay here.   (source)
  • I wonder what Johanna, the Amity, and the Abnegation are doing in this chaos.   (source)
  • It has been years since I jumped off a building in my Abnegation uniform; it has been decades.   (source)
  • I have equal aptitude for Erudite as I do for Dauntless and Abnegation, after all.   (source)
  • It's one of the many things Erudite gives as evidence of Abnegation's incompetence.   (source)
  • You choose this moment to act like the Abnegation?   (source)
  • If Abnegation is fizzling, it's our fault—Robert's and Caleb's and mine.   (source)
  • I HAVE ATTENDED Abnegation's initiation ceremony every year except this one.   (source)
  • She is referring to the group of Abnegation who were with my father and Marcus in the safe house.   (source)
  • If this were Abnegation, no Divergent would be sitting here right now.   (source)
  • Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.   (source)
  • Or relieved, because the last Abnegation leader is still alive?   (source)
  • I don't know why someone would avoid the Abnegation.   (source)
  • But she must hide that beauty in Abnegation.   (source)
  • Everyone but the Abnegation takes mirrors for granted.   (source)
  • There is no better place to need help than a room full of members of Abnegation.   (source)
  • Particularly among a pack of Abnegation.   (source)
  • I thought you said only the Abnegation leaders knew.   (source)
  • My theory is that you really do belong in Abnegation.   (source)
  • The door is open, and through it I see Tobias stuffing Abnegation clothes into the trash bin.   (source)
  • My brother, born for Abnegation, Erudite?   (source)
  • Five years ago, volunteer construction workers from Abnegation repaved some of the roads.   (source)
  • You think the Abnegation would really exile someone?   (source)
  • The Abnegation are modest to the point of discomfort.   (source)
  • I could be subsumed into Abnegation's hive mind, projecting always outward.   (source)
  • I wonder what the Abnegation leaders—including my father—were doing.   (source)
  • When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it's beautiful.   (source)
  • The Abnegation leaders told them what we had to tell them.   (source)
  • Abnegation stood in the way of her desire for power, so she found a way to eliminate it.   (source)
  • I am supposed to be braver than the Abnegation, but they don't seem as worried as I am.   (source)
  • Abnegation prepared me for that aspect of Dauntless life.   (source)
  • If I had to guess, I would say that one of the Abnegation put the stack there for me.   (source)
  • Of course she isn't curious—she's Abnegation.   (source)
  • Idly I think, How could he ever have been Abnegation?   (source)
  • Abnegation uses it to describe self-indulgence.   (source)
  • "Along time ago, the Abnegation were entrusted with some sensitive information," says Marcus.   (source)
  • If Caleb wasn't fit for Abnegation, how can I be?   (source)
  • I try to think of the attack simulation, and what it did to the Abnegation.   (source)
  • Abnegation and Dauntless are both broken, their members scattered.   (source)
  • The Abnegation greeted one another by bowing heads, a sign of respect.   (source)
  • Even when I was supposed to be Abnegation.   (source)
  • I could belong in Abnegation just as easily.   (source)
  • But your father has a lot of influence over the Abnegation, and he always has.   (source)
  • I transferred into Dauntless from Abnegation.   (source)
  • Of those, I am the only Abnegation transfer, and there are no Amity transfers.   (source)
  • Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it.   (source)
  • If I participate in the attack, I can't go after the information Jeanine stole from Abnegation.   (source)
  • I will pretend long enough to get to the Abnegation sector of the city.   (source)
  • Several members of Abnegation, three members of Dauntless, and a former Erudite initiate.   (source)
  • "Except," says Marcus, "Joshua is not an Abnegation name."   (source)
  • My curiosity is a mistake, a betrayal of Abnegation values.   (source)
  • Since then, Erudite has released two articles about Abnegation.   (source)
  • The Abnegation sector is far from quiet.   (source)
  • Maybe Four was one of the Erudite, which explains why he hates Abnegation.   (source)
  • "Fair enough," he says, "but why were the Abnegation so concerned with finding the Divergent?"   (source)
  • We are in the basement of Abnegation headquarters.   (source)
  • "The facts," says Marcus, "are that she is terrified of reality, and the Abnegation were not."   (source)
  • "I wasn't good enough for Abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free."   (source)
  • The only people I do not see are the Abnegation leaders.   (source)
  • If my mother was Dauntless, why did she choose Abnegation?   (source)
  • I wish I could tell my parents that I will die like the Abnegation.   (source)
  • How many Abnegation did she kill, guided by the simulation?   (source)
  • Maybe it's better that Abnegation wants me to suppress it.   (source)
  • "Abnegation, Dauntless," I say, "and Erudite."   (source)
  • The streets in the Abnegation sector, now crawling with Dauntless soldiers.   (source)
  • The Abnegation are dying again, dying like they were when I pretended to be under the simulation.   (source)
  • And the Abnegation don't drink alcohol, so everyone is sober.   (source)
  • We join the crowd of Abnegation-turned-Amity.   (source)
  • And he wears the gray clothes of the Abnegation.   (source)
  • Why are most of the Divergent weak-willed, God-fearing nobodies from Abnegation, of all factions?   (source)
  • The Abnegation deaths are just another weight I am unable to set down.   (source)
  • The Abnegation volunteer agency my mother works for is responsible for most of those renovations.   (source)
  • I don't make a habit of associating with the Abnegation.   (source)
  • An Abnegation volunteer speaks the next round of names.   (source)
  • Your stupid ex-faction isn't just insulting Abnegation anymore.   (source)
  • At the Abnegation table, we sit quietly and wait.   (source)
  • Candor values honesty, but our faction, Abnegation, values selflessness.   (source)
  • Maybe if I fight to make Abnegation work, my act will turn into reality.   (source)
  • The Erudite don't let the Abnegation into their compound anymore.   (source)
  • "Never met a curious Abnegation before," she says, raising her eyebrows at me.   (source)
  • I scan the screens, one by one, looking for one that shows the Abnegation sector of the city.   (source)
  • "With the Abnegation memory serum," Reggie says.   (source)
  • You know what the Abnegation used to say about pride?   (source)
  • Abnegation's quiet, their community, their routine, always seemed good to me.   (source)
  • To the Abnegation, power should only be given to people who don't want it.   (source)
  • "It's the Abnegation in you," Amar says.   (source)
  • I am beginning to understand why my mother joined Abnegation when she was supposed to join Erudite.   (source)
  • Abnegation was about to reveal the truth to everyone inside the city.   (source)
  • Abnegation produces deeply serious people.   (source)
  • It's not about what they did to the Abnegation.   (source)
  • Seeing him work that way, as she had never dreamed him capable of doing, Fernanda thought that his stubbornness was diligence, his greed abnegation, and his thick-headedness perseverance, and her insides tightened with remorse over the virulence with which she had attacked his idleness.†   (source)
  • But one doesn't abnegate by keeping one's self pure and proud of its own purity.†   (source)
  • "destiny," by complete self-abnegation in the Master.†   (source)
  • After his discharge from the hospital, he returned to the tiny Noborimachi chapel he had helped build, and there he continued his self-abnegating pastoral life.†   (source)
  • It was probably just peaceful despair and relief at final and complete abnegation, now that Judith was about to immolate the frustration's vicarious recompense into the living fairy tale.†   (source)
  • They went on, in steady single file, the two backs in their rigid abnegation of all compromise more alike than actual blood could have made them.†   (source)
  • Self-abnegation?†   (source)
  • And doubtless what hurt him most in the whole business with Sutpen was not the loss of the money but the fact that he had had to sacrifice the hoarding, the symbol of the fortitude and abnegation, to keep intact the spiritual solvency which he believed that he had already established and secured.†   (source)
  • "Pain?" said his father, his rugged face shining in the ardour of self-abnegation.†   (source)
  • They were earnest, solemn in unutterable love and faith and abnegation.†   (source)
  • And, withal, a life of privation, isolation, abnegation, chastity, with never a diversion.†   (source)
  • It was the furthest limit of self-abnegation, at least so he interpreted it.†   (source)
  • The convent is supreme egoism having for its result supreme abnegation.†   (source)
  • It is the canonical subjection in the full force of its abnegation.†   (source)
  • But self-abnegation is the higher road.†   (source)
  • All right, she would go with him—again she felt the beauty of the night vividly in one moment of complete response and abnegation—all right, then— —but now she was unexpectedly free and Dick turned his back sighing.†   (source)
  • At the moment, however, their current discussion consumed his total attention, because Naphta now went on to discuss in caustic fashion the general biases that induced humanists to honor health on principle and dishonor and belittle sickness whenever possible—a position, however, that revealed a remarkable and almost praiseworthy self-abnegation on Herr Settembrini's part, since he was himself ill.†   (source)
  • It was the girls she thought of, the young girls with their bare shoulders, she herself having always been a wisp of a creature, with her thin hair and meagre profile; though now, past fifty, there was beginning to shine through some mild beam, something purified into distinction by years of self-abnegation but obscured again, perpetually, by her distressing gentility, her panic fear, which arose from three hundred pounds' income, and her weaponless state (she could not earn a penny) and it made her timid, and more and more disqualified year by year to meet welldressed people who did this sort of thing every night of the season, merely telling thei†   (source)
  • Not with more of self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.†   (source)
  • But even if Miss Bart, after her renewed taste of the amenities of life, could have returned to the barrenness of a New York August, mitigated only by poor Gerty's presence, her worldly wisdom would have counselled her against such an act of abnegation.†   (source)
  • That was the leading motive, the divinely spiritual one; but there were other motives, which, like tentacles, aided in drawing her will to the acceptance of a possible abnegation.†   (source)
  • So that all the while, and not unlike her brother Clyde, her thoughts as well as her emotions were wandering here and there—to love, to comfort—to things which in the main had little, if anything, to do with any self-abnegating and self-immolating religious theory.†   (source)
  • But the weary hours of abnegation to this physical torture at least held one consoling recompense as compared with her experience of last year, and it was that there was no one interested to watch for her weaknesses and failures and blunders.†   (source)
  • When you choose an elder, you renounce your own will and yield it to him in complete submission, complete self-abnegation.†   (source)
  • He shook in a self-abnegating way, as one who shook for Tellson and Co. "Can I do anything for you, Mr. Stryver?" asked Mr. Lorry, in his business character.†   (source)
  • This abnegation of his own opinion, and this implicit deference to the opinion of his forefathers, which are common to the English and American lawyer, this subjection of thought which he is obliged to profess, necessarily give him more timid habits and more sluggish inclinations in England and America than in France.†   (source)
  • It was easy to promise self-abnegation when self was wrapped up in another, and heart and soul were purified by a sweet example.†   (source)
  • The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnegation of our Emperor who wants nothing for himself, but only desires the good of mankind.†   (source)
  • In Europe the principle of interest is much grosser than it is in America, but at the same time it is less common, and especially it is less avowed; amongst us, men still constantly feign great abnegation which they no longer feel.†   (source)
  • 'That's very praiseworthy self-abnegation,' Pavel Petrovitch declared, drawing himself up, and throwing his head back.†   (source)
  • This novitiate, this terrible school of abnegation, is undertaken voluntarily, in the hope of self-conquest, of self-mastery, in order, after a life of obedience, to attain perfect freedom, that is, from self; to escape the lot of those who have lived their whole life without finding their true selves in themselves.†   (source)
  • She did not think of applying submission and self-abnegation to her own life, for she was accustomed to seek other joys, but she understood and loved in another those previously incomprehensible virtues.†   (source)
  • The Americans are at the same time a puritanical people and a commercial nation: their religious opinions, as well as their trading habits, consequently lead them to require much abnegation on the part of woman, and a constant sacrifice of her pleasures to her duties which is seldom demanded of her in Europe.†   (source)
  • "Will you speak," retorted Marius, "of that miserable theft, committed forty years ago, and expiated, as your own newspapers prove, by a whole life of repentance, of self-abnegation and of virtue?"†   (source)
  • How he regretted his abnegation and his folly in having brought Cosette back into the world, poor hero of sacrifice, seized and hurled to the earth by his very self-devotion!†   (source)
  • A saint who dwells in a paroxysm of abnegation is a dangerous neighbor; he might communicate to you, by contagion, an incurable poverty, an anchylosis of the joints, which are useful in advancement, and in short, more renunciation than you desire; and this infectious virtue is avoided.†   (source)
  • It would be beautiful, no doubt, after the Bishop's holy words, after so many years of repentance and abnegation, in the midst of a penitence admirably begun, if this man had not flinched for an instant, even in the presence of so terrible a conjecture, but had continued to walk with the same step towards this yawning precipice, at the bottom of which lay heaven; that would have been beautiful; but it was not thus.†   (source)
  • Before his eyes he had the sublime summit of abnegation, the highest possible pitch of virtue; the innocence which pardons men their faults, and which expiates in their stead; servitude submitted to, torture accepted, punishment claimed by souls which have not sinned, for the sake of sparing it to souls which have fallen; the love of humanity swallowed up in the love of God, but even there preserving its distinct and mediatorial character; sweet and feeble beings possessing the misery of those who are punished and the smile of those who are recompensed.†   (source)
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