Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
VERONICA ROTHSorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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