Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTHIn that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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