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.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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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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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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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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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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