It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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