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I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.


Veronica Roth

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<...
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I hesitated, sighed, then reach...
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I sweep my b...
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I cant breathe.
GEORIGANA After more of his sweet torture, I called, “Tate, honey?”
“Yeah, baby,” he answered. KRISTEN ASHLEY He reached out and pulled me to him, one hand on my waist and the other behind my neck. He tipped my...
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KATIE MCGARRY and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath
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the ...
ANDREA GIBSON Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow.
There is too much I ...
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KUO HIS What does it feel like to be infected?"
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MADELINE MILLER Without thinking, I moved again, reaching out and touching the hand
resting near my thigh. Call...
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VLADIMIR HOROWITZ Mine," he whispers.
"Yours," I breathe.
E.L. JAMES Kitten,” he growled roughly.
I kissed him softly, sliding my hands into his silky locks, lett...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT With God, I thee heart; I breathe and fight. His word guided me…
ROGER HAURIGI His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like t...
VERONICA ROTH There was something behind the softness that intertwined our fingers together—love? It felt differ...
ALYSHA SPEER Morpheus puts an arm around me. “You’re all right, blossom,” he says, his mouth at my...
A.G. HOWARD With painstaking rumination, the tips of his fingers grazed over my neck, a deafening silence. I did...
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FRANCIS QUARLES If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine ...
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DAVID HARE I let my head fall forward into his shoulder, breathing in his scent. "Now what do we do?"

JESSICA SORENSEN I think I'll take a bath in his blood.
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My heart pounds in response...
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KATIE MCGARRY I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an...
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KALAYNA PRICE I just saw it pop out of his hand and I said 'I can put this one in play,'
JASON GIAMBI I felt his other hand sear hot against my cheek. He bent his head, and in a voice that Jack couldn�...
SARAH ALDERSON Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strengt...
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VERONICA ROTH I have a scar - a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's alwa...
VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please...
VERONICA ROTH Here, I've learned to defend myself,
I've learned to be stronger,
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MIKE TYSON 'Divergent,' directed by Neil Burger, displayed an admirable seriousness and some grim verve...
RICHARD CORLISS I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in...
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JENNY DOWNHAM His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes -- cats -- I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand...
SIR WILLIAM WATSON His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate. My ...
SIR WILLIAM WATSON (2) He tilts his forehead down to rest against mine and pulls me closer. His skin, his whole being radia...
SUZANNE COLLINS His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still-
See how he feels the skin of ...
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LOU DIBELLA His hand lay across my stomach as he slept soundly. I entwined my fingers with his and breathed thro...
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BIBLE Why?" He asked. " because it was the closest I could get to doing this."
He reached out and pul...
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VERONICA ROTH But it wasn't all bad. Sometimes things wasn't all bad. He used to come home easing into bed sometim...
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DANIEL DELEANU Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm,...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I find that writing comes from the three fingers. The thumb, the index and middle fingers. It flows ...
CYNTHIA OZICK Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the doorknob. He gently released my ha...
HARPER LEE He raised his hand and said his plan was to have his 14-year-old grandson take it over. But he hadn'...
STEVE SCHWARTZ Are you mine?’ he murmurs. ‘Always,’ I answer as his lips find mine.
MILA GRAY The judge's hand is forced to delve into this once a defendant speaks out so publicly about a differ...
ROBERT MINTZ The Cutter leaned toward me, resting his forehead against mine. 'Fool me once,' he whispered, 'shame...
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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