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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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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 think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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I 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.
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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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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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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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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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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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 don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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