Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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We 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.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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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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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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