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.
VERONICA ROTHDesperation can make a person do surprising things.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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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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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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