It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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 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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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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.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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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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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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