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I glance at Tris. She grins at me, then leans in to whisper something to Christina.
"Are you here to help or what, Stiff?" I say.


Veronica Roth

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"I'm always a girl" I frown.
"You know what I mean. ...
VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?'
'I couldn'...
VERONICA ROTH Ah, much deluded! lay aside
Thy threats, and anger misapplied!
Art not afraid with sounds ...
JOHN MILTON Tris: "I was reading."
Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to yo...
TAMORA PIERCE What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still
swolle...
VERONICA ROTH I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
VICTORIA AVEYARD I love you, Eliza,” I said.
She thought about it. “No,” she said at last, “I don’t li...
KURT VONNEGUT She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done f...
VERONICA ROTH I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable o...
VERONICA ROTH The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO What are you really studying?"
He leans back to look at her. "The statistical probability of l...
JENNIFER E. SMITH All I had to do was die a little, and you get a new planet!"
I expected her to laugh, or at lea...
BETH REVIS Sometimes I don't get you,' I said.
She didn't even glance at me. She just smiled toward the t...
JOHN GREEN He stares at me, and then leans back in his chair. "He's ill, Jacob."
I say nothing.
"He'...
SARA GRUEN What are you really studying?"
He leans back to look at her. "The statistical probability of lo...
JENNIFER E. SMITH We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that...
RICHARD BELLZON To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something."
"Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h...
VERONICA ROTH Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says.
SUZANNE COLLINS You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says.
"You know," I say. "I really don...
VERONICA ROTH What did you do?" I scream.
"You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ...
VERONICA ROTH É revelador da crueldade do destino que eu tenha de viajar com aqueles que odeio quando deixo para ...
VERONICA ROTH Cortesia é desilusão embrulhada em papel de embrulho.
VERONICA ROTH Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out ...
JENNIFER ECHOLS I almost rushed Roth right then and threw my arms around him, but a low growl rumbled from behind me...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I had one girl come up to me and say 'you came all the way from Canada to help?' She then started to...
CHARLES NEWMAN ...People do belong to each other. Once you make a sacrifice for someone, you own part of his or her...
JODI PICOULT Then the nurse did turn to glance, and then stare—actually stare—at me. His look made me feel as...
RIVKA GALCHEN I needed to say something. Something romantic! Something to sweep her off her feet.
"You’re l...
BRANDON SANDERSON I wish I could help you" I whisper.
You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, ...
SIMONE ELKELES To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR You made me laugh at your jokes.
You made me cry at your criticism.
You made me shout at y...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Aren't you frightened?"
Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What ...
RACHEL CAINE Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe...
VERONICA ROTH Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic."
"That's not very nice ...
VERONICA ROTH To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD you look at me and cry
everything hurts

i hold you and whisper
but everything c...
RUPI KAUR Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something."...
PATRICIA MCCORMICK You know how you can think you know someone or think you know them but maybe you only know them one ...
CARRIE RYAN Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say.
‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes l...
VERONICA ROTH Um, thanks,” Jackson told her. “And your name is…?”

“I’m Margaret, Margaret V...
REBECCA MCNUTT LAYLA: "You boinked Lilith."
ROTH: "Boinked?" Roth chuckled under his breath and then said, "Go...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. "Shelley...
SIMONE ELKELES There was something about my face,she said, that she couldn't stand. Something about my eyes, the wa...
TAHEREH MAFI Rose? Is that you?" I peered behind him. Lissa. "What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing ...
RICHELLE MEAD As I pulled aside the linen curtain to the back room, I heard the front door open again. If it was C...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER He pointed the gun at me. Then he looked up at my hand & tilted his head slightly.
- Journe...
STEVE TOLTZ His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like t...
VERONICA ROTH One choice can transform you.
One choice can destroy you.
Once choice will define you.
VERONICA ROTH A whisper of fabric as Derek dressed. Then a hand on my waist, a light touch, tentative. I turned an...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE The girl whose table I occupied was reading a book but I couldn’t help but notice that all this ti...
NICO J. GENES Any other questions?"
"Just one," I say. "What color are your eyes?" I want to know what he thi...
ALLY CONDIE She slid a sideways glance in his direction, trying to figure out just what it was that was making h...
KIMBERLY DERTING Howl backed into the door to shut it and leaned there in a tragic attitude. "Look at you all!" he sa...
DIANA WYNNE JONES You wanted hearts and flowers,” he murmurs.
I blink at him, not quite believing what I’m se...
E.L. JAMES The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr...
C.S. LEWIS Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI Clay, did you ever love me?"
I'm studying a billboard and say that I didn't hear what she said....
BRET EASTON ELLIS You say I am repeating
Something I have said before. I shall say it again.
Shall I say it...
T.S. ELIOT What you are good at, you never do it free!
DEYTH BANGER So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced...
HOLLY BLACK You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It...
TRUMAN CAPOTE Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?"

She said, "I...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN Johanna glances over at Finnick, to be sure, then turns to me. “How’d you lose Mags?”
SUZANNE COLLINS Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'
A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partiall...
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TERA LYNN CHILDS Yeah, and so Max and Dylan are supposed to, like, go to Germany and have kids together," I heard Gaz...
JAMES PATTERSON You have to kiss me," I find myself saying.
"Yeah." He leans closer. "I do.
HUNTLEY FITZPATRICK But we're not sleeping," he points out.
"well, I would be," I say, "if you would let me off the...
LAUREN BARNHOLDT Are you mad?" I ask.
"I was." He glances at the ceiling then back at me. "Or confused, anyway. ...
JODY GEHRMAN She glared at me like she was about to punch me, but then she did something that surprised me even m...
RICK RIORDAN I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES I was only kidding about the hundred," she says.

oh," I say, "what will it cost me?"
CHARLES BUKOWSKI She standing there looking me straight in the eye. She look tired and her jaws full of air.
I s...
ALICE WALKER I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him.
His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me...
SUZANNE COLLINS I am going to kill you," he hissed.
She gulped. "Don't you want to lecture me first?"
He s...
JULIA QUINN She told me that she had found an old house that she really loved. She would say 'I want you to come...
LUTHER HILL I glance at the house, dark and empty. "Am I my sister's keeper?" I say. Then I grin at her. "If you...
JODI PICOULT It's too late," she said.
"Don't say that." His voice was half a whisper. "I love you, Tessa. I...
CASSANDRA CLARE I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I...
TIM ROBBINS I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I...
TIM ROBBINS Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to
know wh...
VERONICA ROTH Tell me what I can do to help you feel better."

Well...I always like when you kiss me...<...
KRISTIN CASHORE They got under each of my shoulders and pulled me up, Padma walking in front of me and holding her a...
KIERA CASS Then you're mine," she said in desperation. "Then you belong to me."

"With everything I a...
CHRISTINE FEEHAN If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.
You will hardly know who I am or what I ...
WALT WHITMAN What I can't figure out is if you know you're a tease and are fuckin' with me or whether you really ...
SIMONE ELKELES

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One Choice, decided your friends.

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"...
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VERONICA ROTH Why is your heart racing Tris?
VERONICA ROTH You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't...
VERONICA ROTH Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training."
Since when does "overseei...
VERONICA ROTH I'll be your family now," he says.
"I love you," I say. (....)
He stares at me. I wait wi...
VERONICA ROTH People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something ab...
VERONICA ROTH Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua...
VERONICA ROTH I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.
VERONICA ROTH In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
VERONICA ROTH All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can...
VERONICA ROTH I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave ...
VERONICA ROTH Simulation Tobias kisses my neck.

I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take...
VERONICA ROTH He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and...
VERONICA ROTH Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ...
VERONICA ROTH Resisting is worth doing.
VERONICA ROTH Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all.
VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
VERONICA ROTH One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.
VERONICA ROTH I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of...
VERONICA ROTH It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without...
VERONICA ROTH One choice can transform you.
One choice can destroy you.
Once choice will define you.
VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please...
VERONICA ROTH Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most...
VERONICA ROTH My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
VERONICA ROTH And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experien...
VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ...
VERONICA ROTH Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried ...
VERONICA ROTH Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something."
"Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h...
VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?'
'I couldn'...
VERONICA ROTH I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea...
VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe...
VERONICA ROTH Now i remember why I chose Dauntless. Not because they were brave or anything. But because they were...
VERONICA ROTH The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.
VERONICA ROTH Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTH