Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTHThe truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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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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My 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.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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 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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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