Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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Lies require commitment.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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