Divergent Quotes

• Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

  John Maeda

  Artist, People, Horizon

  "John Maeda: Innovation is born when art meets science". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2010.

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• I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

  Veronica Roth

  Controlled, I Can

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• Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.

  George Tenet

  Two Sides, Iraq, Ties

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• People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.

  Veronica Roth

  Girl, Character, Thinking

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• Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

  Veronica Roth

  Love, Way, Helping

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• I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

  Veronica Roth

  Air, Feels, Lungs

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• A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

  Veronica Roth

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.52, Harper Collins

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• For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones.

  Veronica Roth

  Kissing, Clothes, Hands

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• I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though." "That's sensible of you," I say, smiling too. "We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something." I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing my ear. "Maybe I'm already sure," he says, "and I just don't want to frighten you." I laugh a little. "Then you should know better." "Fine," he says. "Then I love you.

  Veronica Roth

  Running, Laughter, Love You

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• Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

  Veronica Roth

  Love, Relationship, Romantic

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.70, Harper Collins

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• Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

  Veronica Roth

  Evil, Important, Excuse

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.54, HarperCollins UK

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• Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

  Veronica Roth

  Fearless, Four, Becoming

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• For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.

  Henri Bergson

  Life, Essence, Creating

  Henri Bergson (2015). “Creative Evolution”, p.90, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Human reason can excuse any evil.

  Veronica Roth

  Evil, Excuse, Reason

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.54, HarperCollins UK

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• Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

  Veronica Roth

  Long, Poison, Creeps

  "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2011.

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• Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

  Veronica Roth

  Inspirational, Laughter, Feel Better

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• We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

  Veronica Roth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

  "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth (p. 47), 2011.

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• Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

  Veronica Roth

  Fear, Wakes You, Grazing

  "Divergent". www.imdb.com. 2014.

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• I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

  Veronica Roth

  Smart, Brave, Selfless

  "Divergent and the Gospel (Part II): Vanquishing Weakness, Cultivating Strength" by Jacob Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2014.

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• But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

  Veronica Roth

  Habit, New Thought, Dauntless

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.46, Harper Collins

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• It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them

  Veronica Roth

  Opportunity, Important, Safe

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• There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.

  Veronica Roth

  Damage Is Done, Periods, Can Do

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.44, Harper Collins

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• I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary.

  Alcee Hastings

  Believe, Law, Land

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• At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to hold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, some of whom belonged to craft unions, comparatively few went back to the mills. And as a whole, the strike was conducted with little violence.

  Ray Stannard Baker

  Men, People, Together

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• Fine," he says. "Then I love you.

  Veronica Roth

  Love You, Fine, Divergent Series

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