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.
VERONICA ROTHI think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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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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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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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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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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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 suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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