Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTH
Change, like healing, takes time.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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 suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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