I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
VERONICA ROTHI feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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 believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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But 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.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Lies require commitment.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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