In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
VERONICA ROTHMaybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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