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.
VERONICA ROTH
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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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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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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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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