Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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 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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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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