What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
VERONICA ROTHSometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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 like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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