Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
VERONICA ROTHMy name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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