But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
VERONICA ROTHIt’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Resisting is worth doing.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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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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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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