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.
VERONICA ROTHI traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Reading is such a huge part 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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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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