But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
VERONICA ROTHI traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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