Creemos en los actos cotidianos de valentía, en el coraje que impulsa a una persona a defender a otra.
Veronica RothTags: tris osadía valentía cotidiano
Did you just call me BEATRICE?
Veronica RothMoths? You're afraid of MOTHS?" Will asked incredulously.
"Yeah, so what? They're all papery and their wings are all gross! They're just..Uckkk!" Christina defended with a shudder.
"Terrifying," Will agreed with mock seriousness."That's my girl, tough as cotton balls!"
"Oh shut up!" Christina shrieked, slapping Will on the arm.
Tags: humor
Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.
Veronica RothIn our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life.
Veronica RothFaction before blood.
Veronica RothSuicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.
Veronica RothThe theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?
Veronica RothI see a kind of thirst in her expression, the same one I saw when she told me about her brother in the back room of the tattoo parlor. Before the attack simulation I might have called it a thirst for justice, or even revenge, but now I am able to identify it as a thirst for blood. And even as it frightens me, I understand it.
Which should probably frighten me even more.
Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming.
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