You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
VERONICA ROTHI am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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