I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
VERONICA ROTHI feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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