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.
VERONICA ROTHPride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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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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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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 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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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