I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
VERONICA ROTHThere is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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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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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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