Insurgent Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Believe, Heart, People

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• I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.

  Veronica Roth

  Thinking, Naps, Cake

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• One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.

  Veronica Roth

  Choices, Define You, Tris Prior

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• Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.

  Veronica Roth

  Cheeks

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.34, HarperCollins UK

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• Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.

  Veronica Roth

  Thinking, Reckless, Be Careful

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• Let me get this straight. So you left the Dauntless compound to get ready for war... and took your makeup bag with you?" "Yep. Figured it would be harder for anyone to shoot me if they saw how devastatingly attractive I was.

  Veronica Roth

  War, Makeup, Would Be

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• We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.

  Veronica Roth

  War, Alive, Sometimes

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• We cleared many of their towns and cities and rural areas of al-Qaida Iraq and other insurgents.

  David Petraeus

  Iraq, Cities, Als

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think people think their incomes have been flat lining for a long period of time. They feel that the next generation's opportunities are not going to be improvement. So and I also think that social media then allows insurgent movements to gain scale at speed.

  Tony Blair

  Opportunity, Thinking, Media

  The MSNBC Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 28, 2016.

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• In countries like Afghanistan, the corruption is in your face. In Nigeria, I heard of judges making sex the bargaining chip rather than money. Now let's put that in the context of an honor-based society. Imagine that you're the brother of a woman who got raped by a judge to have her case heard in court. What do you want to do? You want to kill the judge. So here is an insurgent movement that hands you a gun. You have rage, and they give you an outlet for your rage.

  Sarah Chayes

  Country, Brother, Gun

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• We had one moment in history where we were disseminating what we now call the Islamic State. That's when we finally cut the deal with the insurgents.

  Michael Ware

  Islamic, Cutting, Moments

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.

  Veronica Roth

  Nouns, Authority, Persons

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• No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

  Veronica Roth

  Life, Courage, Real

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• Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was... graze hands or something." "Then how do you explain all the Abnegation children?" Tobias raises his eyebrows. "They are brought into being by sheer force of will," the woman on the arm of the chair interjects. "Didn't you know that, Tobias?" "No, I wasn't aware." He grins. "My apologies.

  Veronica Roth

  Children, Apology, Men

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• You look older.” “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.

  Veronica Roth

  Looks, Passage Of Time, Passages

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• Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

  Veronica Roth

  People, Novelists, Remember

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• Who cares about everyone? What about me?

  Veronica Roth

  Who Cares, Care

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• I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.

  Veronica Roth

  Love You, Divergent, Tobias

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• "You die, I die too.” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions."

  Veronica Roth

  Decision, Looks, Tobias

  "Insurgent". Book by Veronica Roth, 2012.

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

  Veronica Roth

  Real, People, Want

  Veronica Roth (2012). “Insurgent Collector's Edition (Enhanced Edition)”, p.52, Harper Collins

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• "I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say, "I love you."

  Veronica Roth

  Love You, Hands, Waiting

  "Insurgent". Book by Veronica Roth, May 1, 2012.

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• What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.

  Veronica Roth

  Underwear, Bunk

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• And sometimes, if you want the truth, you have to demand it.

  Veronica Roth

  Demand, Want, Sometimes

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.31, HarperCollins UK

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• I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as she can to destroy herself … I can’t love her.

  Veronica Roth

  Loyalty, Believe, Eye

  "Insurgent". Book by Veronica Roth, 2012.

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• 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

  Perfect, Divergent, Alive

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