Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
VERONICA ROTHThere is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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