We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
VERONICA ROTHI didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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 feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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