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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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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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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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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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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.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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