I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
VERONICA ROTHIf I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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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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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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