Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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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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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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