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Insurgent (Divergent, #2) QUOTES

Insurgent (Divergent, #2) QUOTES

1 " No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

2 " Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.. and as hard as I try, I cannot kill it. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

3 " Instead I take the lead, Tobias silent at my side, and though he does not touch me, he steadies me. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

4 " 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)

5 " 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. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

6 " I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because
inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above
all, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

7 " Ingenuity requires creativity. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

8 " Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt - the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

9 " It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But some dirt is destined to lingered. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

10 " I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

11 " You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is? "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

12 " Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

13 " I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

14 " Mockery is childish. It does not become you. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

15 " He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost killinng me was one of those thingss—and another list of all the good, heroic, brave things he had not done, and then decided that he was tired. Tired, not just of living, but of existing. Tired of being Al. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

16 " I shower in the dark, barely able to tell soap from conditioner, and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong, that the water will heal me. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

17 " No,I just thought I'd shoot bullets out of my nose "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

18 " I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

19 " I am afraid that if I start to sob, I will never stop until I shrivel up like a raisin. "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

20 " So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA

'I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.' TRIS "

― Veronica Roth , Insurgent (Divergent, #2)