People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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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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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 the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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