#dive

I have the same one,' he says, laughing. 'On my back.' 'Really? Can I see it?' He presses the bandage over the tattoo and pulls my shirt back over my shoulder. 'Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#divergent #four #love #sweet #tattoo

Is our blood not the same color? Do we not bleed the same or share each other's burdens? ... What makes you and I so different, Ayden? ↗

— Nadège Richards

#diversity #hatred #love #race #love

Love is the key to diversity ↗

— Cherrye S. Vasquez

#love #love

Differences don’t necessarily mean conflict, diversity is beautiful! ↗

— Sahar El-Nadi

#beauty

And I am someone who does not let inconsequential boys and near-death experiences stop her. ↗

— Tris Prior

#death

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

— Veronica Roth

#fear #fear

Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dystopia #thinking #trouble

You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#four #tobias #tris #veronica-roth #today

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

#four #tobias #veronica-roth #opportunity

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard. ↗

— William F. Buckley

#diversity #political-philosophy #democracy