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.
VERONICA ROTHI traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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 drastic change requires drastic measures.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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