I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
VERONICA ROTHI am a naturally curious person. -Tris
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Resisting is worth doing.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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