Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
VERONICA ROTHMy 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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 can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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