Veronica Roth Quotes - Page 7

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• I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction, obviously, but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.

  Veronica Roth

  Writing, Character, Thinking

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• Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.

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  Eye, Wind, Sound

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• I am selfish. I am brave.

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  Selfish, Brave, I Am Selfish

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)”, p.31, HarperCollins UK

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• I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.

  Veronica Roth

  Love You, Waiting, Divergent

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• I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too weak to be of any use, and they pity me for it.

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  Looks, Use, Als

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.70, Harper Collins

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• Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake.

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  Hands, Wakes You, Want

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• Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.

  Veronica Roth

  Gun, Hands, Lips

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.44, Harper Collins

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• We could visit him," suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?

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  Sorry, Eye, Wells

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• Sometimes I see him as just another person, and sometimes I feel the sight of him in my gut, like a deep ache.

  Veronica Roth

  Sight, Sometimes, Ache

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• Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined, I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.

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  Girl, Hurt, Boys

  "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, April 25, 2011.

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• He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

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  Knives, Bravery, Needs

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• Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to know what his fears are. He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something.

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  Eye, Swings, Sunrise

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• Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

  Veronica Roth

  Long, Divergent, Poison

  "Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2011.

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• I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

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  Air, Divergent, Feels

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• I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile.

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  Tobias, Heartbeat, Feels

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• There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's your name?" "Um..." I don't know why I hesitate. But "Beatrice" just doesn't sound right anymore. "Think about it," he says, a faint smile curling his lips. " You don't get to pick again." A new place, a new name. I can be remade here. "Tris," I say firmly.

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  Thinking, Names, Voice

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.38, Harper Collins

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• I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

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  Differences, Decision, Acting

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.71, Harper Collins

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• Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

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  Dark, Men, Lust

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.24, Harper Collins

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• Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.

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  Thinking, Needs, Lessons

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• He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make me bare too. ‘Is this scaring you, Tris?’ ‘No,’ I croak. I clear my throat. ‘Not really. I’m only…afraid of what I want.’ ‘What do you want?’ Then his face tightens. ‘Me?’ Slowly I nod.

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  Want, Faces, Tris

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• Then everyone can call you Six.” “Four and Six,” I say.

  Veronica Roth

  Four, Six

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• Creemos enla valentía. Creemos en tomar acciones. Creemos en la liberarnos del miedo y en la adquisición de habilidades necesarias para obligar a que lo malos salga de nuestro mundo para que el bien pueda prosperar y florecer

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• Be brave, Beatrice. I love you.

  Veronica Roth

  Love You, Brave, Be Brave

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• The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?

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  Goal, Easier, Ifs

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.64, Harper Collins

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• I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

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  Decision, Dauntless

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