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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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 feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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