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.
VERONICA ROTHPride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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