Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are 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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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