All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
VERONICA ROTHThere is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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