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.
VERONICA ROTHCruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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 it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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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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