But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
VERONICA ROTHGrief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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