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.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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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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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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