Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
VERONICA ROTHIf I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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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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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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