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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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