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.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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