Change, like healing, takes time.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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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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 am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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