I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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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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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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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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