Resisting is worth doing.
VERONICA ROTHNot writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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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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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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Lies require commitment.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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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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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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