Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
VERONICA ROTHTo 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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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.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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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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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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