It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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