We believe that peace is hard-won, That sometimes it is necessary to fight for peace. But more than that, we believe that Justice is more important than peace.
Veronica RothIt's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.
Veronica RothTo live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community. My mother once told me that we canโt survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldnโt want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
Veronica RothBut 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 RothThat dot covers all the places we've ever been. You could cut that piece of land out of the ground and sing it into this ocean and no one would even notice. I feel that fear again, the fear of my own size. 'Right. So?' 'So? So everything I've ever worried about or said or done, how can it possibly matter?' He shakes his head. 'It doesn't.' 'Of course it does,' I say, 'All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter.
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