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"Today I take the test. I'm scared it'll tell me I'm not Abnegation, that I have to leave my family. But I'm even more scared that it'll tell me to stay. For my brother Caleb it's easy."
"Trust the test. The test will tell me who I am, where I belong. Am I smart? Kind? Am I honest? Selfless? Or brave?"
"I'm the weakest one here."
"[When asking for Beatrice's name, she hesitates.] Is it a hard one? You can pick a new one if you want, but make it good. You don't get to pick again."
"As Dauntless we fight to protect every life inside the fence without fail. That's why we train you the way we do; to teach you not to give up. And to find out who has what it takes. Even though it's been quiet out there for years, that could change at any moment. So we have to be ready for everything."
"Your last fear is your worst fear. It lives in the deepest part of your mind."
"You got three options. Hang there and I'll forget your cowardice, fall and die, or give up. But if you give up you're out."
"Dauntless never give up!"
"Points for bravery, Stiff. But not as many you just lost for opening your mouth."
"My brother, he was like you. During the second stage, he got good fast. Last day of the simulations one of the Dauntless leaders came in to watch him. The next morning we found his body at the bottom of the chasm. They got rid of him."
"The factions system is a living being composed of cells; all of you. And the only way it can survive and thrive is for each of you to claim your rightful place. The future belongs to those who know where they belong."
"I think human nature is the enemy. It's human nature to keep secrets, lie, steal, and I want to eradicate that. That's how we'll maintain a stable peaceful society. You would help me with that, wouldn't you?"
"One choice can transform you."
"What Makes You Different, Makes You Dangerous."
"Shailene Woodley - Tris"
"Theo James - Four"
"Ashley Judd - Natalie"
"Jai Courtney - Eric"
"Ray Stevenson - Marcus"
"Zoë Kravitz - Christina"
"Miles Teller - Peter"
"Tony Goldwyn - Andrew"
"Ansel Elgort - Caleb"
"Maggie Q - Tori Wu"
"Mekhi Phifer - Max"
"Kate Winslet - Jeanine"
"Ben Lloyd-Hughes - Will"
"Christian Madsen - Al"
"Amy Newbold - Molly"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.