…there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTHNo matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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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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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 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 watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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