I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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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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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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 suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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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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