At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
VERONICA ROTHNo matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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 didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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