All 50 Uses of
amity
in
Insurgent
- We landed in the grass near the fence, several yards away from the worn path that the Amity trucks travel to deliver food to the city, and the gate that lets them out—the gate that is currently shut, locking us in.†
Chpt 1
- Pinpricks of light are the first sign that we are nearing Amity headquarters.†
Chpt 1
- I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters.†
Chpt 1
- Marcus stops before an open room, where Johanna Reyes, representative of Amity, sits, staring out the window.†
Chpt 1
- I always forget how considerate the Amity are until I see it for myself.†
Chpt 1
- Welcome to the Amity compound.†
Chpt 1
- An Amity nurse gives me a salve—developed by Erudite to speed healing—to put on my shoulder, and then escorts Peter to the hospital ward to mend his arm.†
Chpt 1
- I am in a bed in Amity headquarters, and the smell of sawdust is in the air.†
Chpt 2
- He wears the same jeans as yesterday, but a dark red T-shirt instead of his black one, probably borrowed from one of the Amity.†
Chpt 2
- The Amity are meeting in a half hour.†
Chpt 2
- Never thought my fate would be in the hands of a bunch of Amity.†
Chpt 2
- It contains some yellow and red, from the Amity, and some gray, from the Abnegation, colors I rarely see side by side.†
Chpt 2
- I'm sure we can find some better ones for you if the Amity allow us to stay.†
Chpt 2
- Her brother, Robert, chose Amity when I chose Dauntless, so he is somewhere in this compound.†
Chpt 2
- I should not be surprised—the Amity spend their lives accomplishing feats of agriculture like this one, with the help of Erudite technology.†
Chpt 2
- I learned in Faction History that the Amity recognize no official leader—they vote on everything, and the result is usually close to unanimous.†
Chpt 2
- The Amity sit on the floor, most with their legs crossed, in knots and clusters that vaguely resemble the tree roots to me.†
Chpt 2
- All around me the Amity sit in silence, some with their eyes closed, some with their lips mouthing words I can't hear, some staring at a point far away.†
Chpt 2
- Every Amity in the room turns to the person next to him or her and starts talking.†
Chpt 2
- Sure, it works for the Amity.†
Chpt 2
- So Erudite and Amity work together, then?†
Chpt 4
- Clusters of Amity sit at the other tables, their clothes bright against their tanned skin.†
Chpt 4
- So I take it Amity wasn't one of the factions you had an aptitude for," he says, grinning.†
Chpt 4
- No. The group of Amity a few seats away from us bursts into laughter.†
Chpt 4
- They wear Amity clothes, like me, but also like me, it's obvious what faction they are really in.†
Chpt 4
- They are silent, but not somber—they smile at the Amity they pass, inclining their heads, a few of them stopping to exchange pleasantries.†
Chpt 4
- He must have been working in the kitchen this morning, as part of our agreement with the Amity.†
Chpt 4
- "In their enthusiasm for conflict resolution, the Amity have apparently forgotten that meddling creates more conflict," says Tobias.†
Chpt 4
- A few of the Amity at the table next to ours stop talking to stare.†
Chpt 4
- I sleep in a long T-shirt one of the Amity lent me.†
Chpt 5
- I am reluctant to leave, but I am supposed to work in the laundry rooms, and I don't want the Amity to say I'm not fulfilling my part of the deal they offered us.†
Chpt 6
- I walk barefoot down the hallway a few minutes later, wearing the shirt I slept in and a pair of shorts Tobias borrowed from the Amity.†
Chpt 6
- One of the Amity grabs me by the arms and half lifts, half pulls me away from Peter.†
Chpt 6
- I strain toward him and try to ignore the stunned faces of the Amity and the Abnegation—and Tobias—around me, and the woman kneels next to Peter, whispering words in a soothing tone of voice.†
Chpt 6
- The Amity man with his hand on my arm starts to pull me down the hallway.†
Chpt 6
- So I allow two Amity men to escort me down the hallway.†
Chpt 6
- The graying Amity man opens a door on the left.†
Chpt 6
- That is something the Amity would do: put me in time-out, and then teach me to do cleansing breaths or think positive thoughts.†
Chpt 6
- It, like all other furniture in the Amity compound, is made of unpolished wood, and looks sturdy, like it is still attached to the earth.†
Chpt 6
- Angry with Peter, angry with the Amity.†
Chpt 6
- Peace between Amity and Dauntless can only happen when we maintain our distance from each other.†
Chpt 6
- The Amity wouldn't do something like that," I say.†
Chpt 6
- The Amity own about a dozen trucks that they use for transporting goods, but they only do that on weekends.†
Chpt 7
- If it isn't the Amity, it's probably the Erudite.†
Chpt 7
- I reach the dining hall and throw open the door, shoving my way through a group of Amity men, and he is there; Tobias sits at one end of the cafeteria with Peter and Caleb and Susan.†
Chpt 7
- The Amity established this place as a safe house.†
Chpt 7
- "The Amity will have trouble enforcing that policy," says Marcus.†
Chpt 7
- We can pretend to be Amity.†
Chpt 7
- Those of us who aren't dressed like the Amity should go to the dormitories, then," Marcus says.†
Chpt 7
- Do you think the Amity will lie for us?†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(amity) a state of friendly relations(editor's note: In this novel, you will see amity capitalized and used many times to refer to a group of people to whom it is most important to be friendly and live in peace.)