We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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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.
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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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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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