I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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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 watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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 shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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