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.
VERONICA ROTHIt reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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