I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
VERONICA ROTHNo matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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 are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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