My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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