We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
VERONICA ROTHDo remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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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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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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