Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTHHuman reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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 feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Lies require commitment.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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 smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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