I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
VERONICA ROTHShh,” 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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