We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHThe fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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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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Shh,” 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.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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“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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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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