I suppose everything is bound to look different when you aren't o... by Veronica Roth

I suppose everything is bound to look different when you aren't on your way to die.

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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.

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All I want is to become someone new. In this case, Tobias Johnson, son of Evelyn Johnson. Tobias Johnson may have lived a dull and empty life, but he is at least a whole person, not this fragment of a person that I am, too damaged by pain to become anything useful.

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Everyone has to blame something for the way the world is. by Veronica Roth

Everyone has to blame something for the way the world is.

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And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.

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Why is your heart racing Tris? by Veronica Roth

Why is your heart racing Tris?

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In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.

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I'll have to keep looking for more of them, more brief moments of freedom in a world that refuses to allow it.

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It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift. by Veronica Roth

It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.

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As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.

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I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct

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Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challeng... by Veronica Roth

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

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Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.

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There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.

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No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity. by Veronica Roth

No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity.

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People, even genetically damaged people, make choices. That’s wha... by Veronica Roth

People, even genetically damaged people, make choices. That’s what matters.’

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All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter.

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I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I n... by Veronica Roth

I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.

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You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, an... by Veronica Roth

You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.

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I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior

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Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says,... by Veronica Roth

Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.

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