Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHDo I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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