I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTHNot writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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 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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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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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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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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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