I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
VERONICA ROTHI feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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