Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
VERONICA ROTHIngenuity requires creativity.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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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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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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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’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Lies require commitment.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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