I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
VERONICA ROTHIn order to have peace, we must first have trust.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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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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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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