I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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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.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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 watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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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 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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