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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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’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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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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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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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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