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161 " You know,' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189 "
― Veronica Roth , Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)
162 " This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to. "
163 " I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation. "
― Veronica Roth , Divergent (Divergent, #1)
164 " 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. "
165 " I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong. "
166 " I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent "
167 " The opinions of others cannot damage you. "
168 " Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can't help yourself. "
― Veronica Roth , Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
169 " Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time. "
170 " It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt. "
171 " I should have forgiven him.”“Maybe. Maybe there’s more we all could have done,” he says, “but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.”I frown and pull back. That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn – guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. "
172 " If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not. "
173 " Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you. "
174 " Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially "
― Veronica Roth
175 " Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities. "
176 " What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina.“Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you? "
177 " 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.I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. "
― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
178 " Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them. "
179 " If they told us what to believe, and we didn't come to it on our own, is it still true? "
180 " I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his neck to the small of his back and put it under his shirt. He kisses me harder. "