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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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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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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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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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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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