His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
VERONICA ROTHI’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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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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