But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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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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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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