It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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 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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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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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.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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