People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
VERONICA ROTHChange, like healing, takes time.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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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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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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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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 have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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