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41 " I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body. "
― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
42 " It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first. "
― Veronica Roth , Divergent (Divergent, #1)
43 " Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle. "
44 " Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion. "
45 " What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459 "
― Veronica Roth , Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)
46 " I may be in pain, but I am not weak. "
47 " I don't want to die anymore. I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself this time. "
― Veronica Roth , Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
48 " I wish I could tell him that we’re going through the same thing. I wish I could speak to him like I want to instead of like I’m supposed to. But the idea of admitting that I need help is too much to bear, so I turn away. "
49 " A harsh crack followed the rumble of thunder, a lightning strike. With that, the other musicians began to play, bringing in the tinkling sounds of light rain, the deeper thrum of thicker droplets. The others played the crashing waves, the lapping of water against a nonexistent shore. All around us were the sounds of water, dripping from faucets, gushing from waterfalls. "
50 " Soft hearts make the universe worth living in. "
51 " Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes. "
52 " I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Becauseinside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, aboveall, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it. "
53 " There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period. "
54 " The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over. "
― Veronica Roth , Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent, #0.1-0.4)
55 " She's a sailboat and I'm an anchor, pulling us both down. "
56 " But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters is what you've got in your gut. "
57 " You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward. "
58 " We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left. "
59 " There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.But sometimes it doesn't.Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now. "
60 " But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters. "