I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
VERONICA ROTHWhat is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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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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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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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.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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