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More Quotes by Veronica Roth
A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.
Just as I have insisted on his worth, he has always insisted on my strength, insisted that my capacity is greater than I believe. And I know, without being told, that's what love does, when it's right-it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be. This is right.
We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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.
Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.
