I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
VERONICA ROTHI feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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