EJ R. Stolle

“I stopped allowing myself to dream, because it was more painful to long for things and never get them than to deal with whatever was in front of me.”
― Veronica Roth, Four: A Divergent Story Collection

“There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.

But sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life.

That is the sort of bravery I must have now.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant