We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHYou don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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