I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
VERONICA ROTHI am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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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.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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