His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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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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