My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
VERONICA ROTHBecause even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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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 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.
VERONICA ROTHI 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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
VERONICA ROTHWhen you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
VERONICA ROTHGrief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
VERONICA ROTHHuman reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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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.
VERONICA ROTHYou 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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
VERONICA ROTHSorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
VERONICA ROTHThat’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
VERONICA ROTHThe truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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