I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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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 don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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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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