Tris Prior Quotes

• His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.

  Veronica Roth

  Hair, Two, Secret

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• I'm going to stop a revolution,'' I say. I turn right, and Peter follows me.

  Veronica Roth

  Revolution, Follow Me, Peter

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• Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?"... "You've been paying close attention, haven't you?" "I like to observe people/" "Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.

  Veronica Roth

  Girl, Dad, Liars

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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.

  Veronica Roth

  Air, Divergent, Feels

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• One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.

  Veronica Roth

  Choices, Define You, Insurgent

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• I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior

  Veronica Roth

  Tobias, My Family, Lost

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• And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.

  Veronica Roth

  Boys, Doe, Kind

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• I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.

  Veronica Roth

  Choose Me

  "Allegiant (Divergent, Book 3)". Book by Veronica Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2013.

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• Why is your heart racing Tris?

  Veronica Roth

  Heart, Racing, Tris

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• Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?" I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"... "Maybe you were cut out for Candor," he says, "because you're a terrible liar.

  Veronica Roth

  Liars, Heart, Cutting

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• Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.

  Veronica Roth

  Heart, Pride, Als

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• I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

  Tim Robbins

  Doe, Cocoons, Kind

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• One choice can transform you!

  Veronica Roth

  Choices, Determined, Insurgent

  Veronica Roth (2012). “Insurgent”, Veronica Roth

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• Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.

  Veronica Roth

  Knives, Leaving, Divergent

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.51, Harper Collins

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• If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.

  Veronica Roth

  Want, Tobias, Ifs

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• My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy “faction before blood.” Blood before faction--no, love before faction, always. - Tris Prior

  Veronica Roth

  Blood, Parent, Enough

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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

  Strong, Together, Different

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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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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• Well, I already know what happened to my face", I say. "I was there. Sort of

  Veronica Roth

  Faces, Wells, Happened

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent”, p.73, HarperCollins UK

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• 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

  Real, Sacrifice, People

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• I look out the window again, taking slow, deep breaths into a body too tense to move. And as I stare out at the land, I think that this, if nothing else, is compelling evidence for my parents’ God, that our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel. -Tris Prior

  Veronica Roth

  Moving, Thinking, Our World

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• Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. I wonder if this is how it is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likeable as good men.

  Veronica Roth

  Men, Evil, Good Man

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