Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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