Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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