Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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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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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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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 reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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