In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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