You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
VERONICA ROTHI know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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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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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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