…there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTHHe stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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