What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
VERONICA ROTHIt isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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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.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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