It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
VERONICA ROTHIt reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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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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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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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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