Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
VERONICA ROTHCruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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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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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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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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