We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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