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.
VERONICA ROTHIt reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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