But when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what you've done.
Veronica RothYou are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if youโre prepared to defend yourself.
Veronica RothWhen you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them. This dystopian trend picks up on that little part of your life where everything feels really extreme and it honors that part of your life and says, "Yeah. It is the end of the world. Look at it."
Veronica Roth