The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them. Veronica Roth More Quotes by Veronica Roth More Quotes From Veronica Roth Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human Veronica Roth abilityhumansworld To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough. Veronica Roth betrayalpainstrong Everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more. Veronica Roth glancesscreamkissing If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him. Veronica Roth tobiasifswant In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. Veronica Roth movementgriefhelping He should be the one to die, part of me thinks. I don't want to lose him, another part argues. I don't know which part to believe. Veronica Roth wantbelievethinking I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me Veronica Roth takengivingthinking I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my terrifying father posed to my safety. I was a man, afraid of the threat he posed to my character, to my future, to my identity. Veronica Roth characterfatherchildren I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm. Veronica Roth armseyeheart But now I’m wondering if I need it anymore, if we ever really need these words, “Dauntless,” “Erudite,” “Divergent,” “Allegiant,” or if we can just be friends or lovers or siblings, defined instead by the choices we make and the love and loyalty that binds us. Veronica Roth siblingloyaltychoices I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left [the gun] upstairs. Veronica Roth tobiasbulletsgun Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile. “There was cake?” I say, looking at my own plate, which is more sensibly stocked than Uriah’s. “Yeah, someone just brought it out. Found a couple boxes of the mix in the back and baked it,” he says. “You can have a few bites of mine.” “A few bites? So you’re planning on eating that mountain of cake by yourself?” “Yes.” He looks confused. “Why?” “Never mind. Veronica Roth cakeconfusedcouple "You die, I die too.” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions." Veronica Roth tobiasdecisionlooks Don’t tell me you’re going to eat a mashed-potato sandwich Veronica Roth mashed-potatoespotatoessandwiches Why are you constantly escorting me places?” I say. “Isn’t there a depraved activity you’re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something? Veronica Roth kickingpuppygirl So, the thing we’re all not talking about,” he says. He gestures to me. “You almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now we’re all waging some serious war with the factionless as allies.” “Pansycake?” says Christina. “Dauntless slang.” Lynn smirks. “Supposed to be a huge insult, only no one uses it anymore.” “Because it’s so offensive,” says Uriah, nodding. “No. Because it’s so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?” “And a half,” he says. Veronica Roth stupidwarthinking I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along. Veronica Roth mineshas-beensway The floor is solid metal in some places and metal grating in others. Everything smells like rotting garbage and fire. Veronica Roth nicefiredream What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have passed. "Honestly?" "Does now seem like the time for honesty?" I look at her from the corner of my eye. "I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap. Veronica Roth honestyeyethinking I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am just someone with a large prefrontal cortex...and nothing more? Veronica Roth discardedwhat-ifpersonality
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