Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTHBeing 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 power in self-sacrifice.
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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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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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