To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
VERONICA ROTHDesperation can make a person do surprising things.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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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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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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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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