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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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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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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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Lies require commitment.
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