Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
VERONICA ROTHResisting is worth doing.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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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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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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