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.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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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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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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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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