Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
VERONICA ROTHResisting is worth doing.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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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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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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