Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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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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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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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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