In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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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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