Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
VERONICA ROTHIn order to have peace, we must first have trust.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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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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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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