My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHIt 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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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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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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