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.

Veronica Roth

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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once ch... by Veronica Roth

One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.

tris-prior define-you choices

That's why you like me!' I exclaim. 'Because you're not nice either! It makes so much more sense now.' 'Come on,' he says. 'We're going to see Johanna.' 'I like you, too.' 'That's encouraging,' he replies flatly. 'Come on. Oh for God's sake. I'll just carry you.

nice sake i-like-you

In order to have peace, we must first have trust. by Veronica Roth

In order to have peace, we must first have trust.

order firsts

Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.

parent path today

Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures. by Veronica Roth

Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.

drastic-change drastic sometimes

Well, I already know what happened to my face", I say. "I was the... by Veronica Roth

Well, I already know what happened to my face", I say. "I was there. Sort of

happened wells faces

Blood is a strange color. It's darker than you expect it to be. by Veronica Roth

Blood is a strange color. It's darker than you expect it to be.

strange color blood

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot o... by Veronica Roth

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

pain practice worry

Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doin... by Veronica Roth

Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.

resisting trust-me boys

You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across my face, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry. “I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?

wall important eye

When i get home, I sit on the front step and take deep breaths of the cool spring air for a few minutes. My mother was the one who taught me to steal moments like those, moments of freedom, though she didn't now it. I watched her... But I learned something else from watching her too, which is that the free moments always have to end.

mother home spring

There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell. by Veronica Roth

There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.

safe secret rooms

We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.

generations lasts people

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionl... by Veronica Roth

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.

tobias-eaton divergent-series

Oh. I just assumed... That because I am so absorbed by him everyo... by Veronica Roth

Oh. I just assumed... That because I am so absorbed by him everyone must be too.

I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction. by Veronica Roth

I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction.

tobias-eaton divergent-series factions

How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me- by Veronica Roth

How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me-

knows littles boys

We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.

differences may way

What thought or message would you put in a fortune cookie? "Stop reading this. Eat the cookie and live your life.

fortune-cookie live-your-life reading

Honesty leads to peace. by Veronica Roth

Honesty leads to peace.

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