Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHAll I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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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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Lies require commitment.
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