We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
VERONICA ROTHTo find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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 think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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