Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
VERONICA ROTHPeople, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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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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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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