I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTHIn 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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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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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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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define 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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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