Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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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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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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