I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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 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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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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