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.
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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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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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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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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