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.
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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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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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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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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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 also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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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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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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