My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of …

Veronica Roth
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My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, p.39, Harper Collins
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No factions? A world in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't even fathom it. I imagine only chaos and isolation.

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, p.39, Harper Collins

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