Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTHI want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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 am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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