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.
VERONICA ROTHI know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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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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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Shh,” 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.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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 am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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