In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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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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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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“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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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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.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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