At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
VERONICA ROTHWhat is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Lies require commitment.
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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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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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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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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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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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