I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
VERONICA ROTHTo find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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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.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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