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#1

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

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#2

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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#3

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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#4

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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#5

“Little Willie, full of glee,
Put radium in grandma's tea.
Now he thinks it quite a lark
To see her shining in the dark.”
― Harry Graham, Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes and More Ruthless Rhymes

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#6

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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#7

“Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#8

“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 trust them.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#9

“We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#10

“Got that gun?” Peter says to Tobias. “No,” says Tobias, “I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#11

“Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “My bare hands, obviously.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#12

“It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#13

“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

tags: brave, bravery, courage, dauntless, experience, life, training

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#14

“Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#15

“I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together.
"That's why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

tags: four, insurgent, tris

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#16

“Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

tags: grief, guilt

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#17

“You look older.”

“Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#18

“Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

tags: fernando, insurgent, veronica-roth

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#19

“Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#20

“Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#21

“Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#22

“And sometimes, if you want the truth, you have to demand it.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#23

“The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#24

“I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

tags: tobias-eaton

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#25

“I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#26

“I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

tags: armor, secrets

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#27

“I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#28

“Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#29

“Arrogance is one of the flaws in the Erudite heart -- I know. It is often in mine.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#30

“Before I chose Dauntless...I felt assured of my long lifespan, if nothing else. Now there are no reassurances except that where I go, I go because I choose to.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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