There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
VERONICA ROTHWe 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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