Veronica Roth, Allegiant Quotes
But a person can only keep reality - and anger - at bay for so long before the truth comes back again.
(...) a man encased in ice, his eyes hard and his voice like a frosty exhale.
If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned it from anyone.
It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
Caleb told me that our mother said there was evil in everyone, and the first step to loving someone else is to recognize that evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
It's not often you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone. It's not comfortable when you do.
(...) I do want to leave, in the desperate way that an animal wants to escape a trap. Wild and rabid. Ready to gnaw through bone.
Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself, this time.
She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil inside ourselves, so we're able to forgive them.