I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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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 think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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