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 ROTHDo remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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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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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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