Lies require commitment.
VERONICA ROTHThe fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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.
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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.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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