Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTHI’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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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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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 think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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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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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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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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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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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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