I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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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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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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