It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
VERONICA ROTHI suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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