Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
VERONICA ROTHThat’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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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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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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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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