He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
VERONICA ROTHYou 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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