I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
VERONICA ROTHBecause even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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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 traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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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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