“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.
VERONICA ROTHI feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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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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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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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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