Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

~ Veronica Roth

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What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Squeezes, then lets go. His eyes are bloodshot; he is pale. “What did you do?” This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him, struggling against Peter’s grip, though his hands chafe. “What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.

~ Veronica Roth

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Intentions are the only thing they care about. They try to make you think they care about what you do, but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way, they want you to think a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you wont pose a threat to them.

~ Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth Be Yourself Dauntless Divergent Four Intentions Life Society Tobias Eaton Tris Prior Veronica Roth

I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.

~ Veronica Roth

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Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt - the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it.

~ Veronica Roth

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You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?

~ Veronica Roth

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Some of my anger has faded, but it isn't hard to call back. All I have to do is think about how cold the air was and how loud the laughter was. Look at her. She's a child.

~ Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth Anger Tris Prior

I regret... Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. I regret my choice.What Ch

~ Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth Abnegation Dauntless Faction Love Romantic Tobias Eaton Tris Prior

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.

~ Veronica Roth

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What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong.

~ Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth Bravery Dauntless Divergent Insurgent Tris Prior

Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, it's facing the death you know is coming.

~ Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth Bravery Death Tris Tris Prior Truth

But then he stops at the door frame and says, It's 9:24. Telling me the time is a small act of betrayal-and therefore an ordinary act of bravery. It is maybe the first time I've seen Peter be truly Dauntless.

~ Veronica Roth

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And what this is, I realize, is life. I don't want it. I want my parents and I have for weeks. I've been trying to claw my way back to them, and now I am so close and he is telling me not to.

~ Veronica Roth

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I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will.

~ Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth Revenge Tris Prior

You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across myface, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry.“I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say.“Who cares about everyone? What about me?

~ Veronica Roth

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How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.

~ Veronica Roth

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