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.
VERONICA ROTHI wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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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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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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 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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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