I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTHIt’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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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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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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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.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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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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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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 believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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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