To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
VERONICA ROTHTo find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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