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.
VERONICA ROTHShh,” 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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