I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTHI keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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