Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHSorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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