I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
VERONICA ROTHHuman reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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 gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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Lies require commitment.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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.
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