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Veronica Roth quotes

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“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to...” Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I...” Veronica Roth, Allegiant
“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“I like to hurt people too. I can make the cruelest choice. The difference is, sometimes I don't, and you always do, and that makes you evil.” Veronica Roth, Allegiant
“politeness is deception in pretty packaging.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“It must require bravery to be honest all the time.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“But becoming fearless isn't the point. that's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it, that's the point.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.” Veronica Roth, Allegiant
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.” Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.” Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.” Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“I am selfish. I am brave.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“We both have war inside of us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.” Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.” Veronica Roth, Divergent

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Divergent (10)
Insurgent (5)
Allegiant (3)