Tobias Eaton Quotes

• Change, like healing, takes time.

  Veronica Roth

  Change, Healing, Tobias

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• My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.

  Veronica Roth

  Names, Four, Problem

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• Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

  Veronica Roth

  Pain, Practice, Worry

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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• "I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say, "I love you."

  Veronica Roth

  Love You, Hands, Waiting

  "Insurgent". Book by Veronica Roth, May 1, 2012.

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• All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.

  Veronica Roth

  Tobias, Being True, Feels

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• Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her, and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.' Her. For a moment, it's like I'm looking at a different person, sitting in Tobias's skin, one whose life is not as simple as I thought. He wanted to leave Dauntless, but he stayed because of me. He never told me that.

  Veronica Roth

  Simple, Decision, Leaving

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• There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.

  Veronica Roth

  Secret, Safe, Rooms

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.

  Veronica Roth

  Tobias, Needed, Knows

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• Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.

  Veronica Roth

  Parent, Today, Path

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.24, HarperCollins UK

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• I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent

  Veronica Roth

  Cake, Divergent, Tobias

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• Sometimes I just... want to see it again. Want to see you awake.

  Veronica Roth

  Want, Sometimes, Grazing

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• If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me over and over again too. So forgiveness isn't the point. What I really should have been trying to figure out is whether we were still good for each other or not

  Veronica Roth

  Should Have, Forgive Me, Forgiving

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• I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.

  Veronica Roth

  Divergent Series

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.16, HarperCollins UK

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• His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my cheeks. "I still don't understand," he says softly, "how she knew that it would work.

  Veronica Roth

  Eye, Crowds, Faces

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• Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

  Veronica Roth

  Laughing, Asking, Nervous

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• Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.

  Veronica Roth

  Boys, Trust Me, Resisting

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction.

  Veronica Roth

  Factions, Divergent Series

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.16, HarperCollins UK

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• My name is Tobias Eaton," Tobias says. "I don't think you want to push me off this train." The effect of the name on the people in the car is immediate and bewildering: they lower their weapons. They exchange meaningful looks. "Eaton? Really?" Edward says, eyebrows raised. "I have to admit, I did not see that coming." He clears his throat. "Fine, you can come. But when we get to the city, you've got to come with us." Then he smiles a little. "We know someone who's been looking for you, Tobias Eaton.

  Veronica Roth

  Meaningful, Thinking, Cities

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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

  Letting Go, Struggle, Eye

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• I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me, but I thought it was because of my father, or my mother, and the pain they bequeathed to me like a family heirloom, handed down from generation to generation. - Tobias Eaton

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Pain, Father

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• Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton

  Veronica Roth

  Strong, Tobias

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• In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.

  Veronica Roth

  Grief, Movement, Helping

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• Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was... graze hands or something." "Then how do you explain all the Abnegation children?" Tobias raises his eyebrows. "They are brought into being by sheer force of will," the woman on the arm of the chair interjects. "Didn't you know that, Tobias?" "No, I wasn't aware." He grins. "My apologies.

  Veronica Roth

  Children, Apology, Men

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• Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow. There is too much I want to say. The first thing that comes out is, "Beatrice." He laughs weakly. "Beatrice," he amends, and touches his lips to mine. I curl my fingers into his shirt.

  Veronica Roth

  Yellow, Laughing, Next

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• Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up inside of me and all I want to do is kiss him. 'Four, I mean. He's so handsome, isn't he? I don't really understand why he likes me so much. I'm not very nice, am I?' -Tris

  Veronica Roth

  Nice, Mean, Kissing

  Veronica Roth (2012). “Insurgent”, p.26, Harper Collins

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