We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHI have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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