Change, like healing, takes time.
VERONICA ROTHBut when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Lies require commitment.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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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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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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