I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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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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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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Lies require commitment.
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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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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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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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