Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
VERONICA ROTHI want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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 suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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“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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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