To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
VERONICA ROTHWe kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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 think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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