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.
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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define 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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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