We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHA smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Lies require commitment.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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I 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.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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