Human reason can excuse any evil.
Veronica Roth, Divergent.
“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 t...”
“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.”
“Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something.""Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?"I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up ...”
“Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be.""That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at he...”
“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want ...”
“Wait a second," Four says. I turn toward him, wondering which version of Four I'll see now-the one who scolds me, or the one who climbs Ferris wheels with me. He smiles a little, but the smile does...”
“Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?”
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it. 1924-1926)”
“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
“Every evil starts with 15 volts.”
“My feeling about work is that it's an unnecessary evil, so I've always done my best to avoid it.”
“Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.”
“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”
“Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.”
“The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon ...”