Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
VERONICA ROTHBut when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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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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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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 it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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