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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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