It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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