Let me tell you about the nap. It's absolutely fantastic. When I was a kid, my father was always trying to tell me how to be a man. And he said - I was maybe nine - he said, 'Philip, whenever you take a nap, take your clothes off and put a blanket over you, and you're going to sleep better.' Well, as with everything, he was right.
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"You're afraid of moths?" "Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "... VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them. VERONICA ROTH I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I... VERONICA ROTH It must require bravery to be honest all the time. VERONICA ROTH Politeness is deception in pretty packaging. VERONICA ROTH You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you'... VERONICA ROTH I am selfish. I am brave. VERONICA ROTH Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. VERONICA ROTH Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.' 'Well,' he says, 'I would onl... VERONICA ROTH I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. VERONICA ROTH Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in ... VERONICA ROTH I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them. VERONICA ROTH The opinions of others cannot damage you. VERONICA ROTH It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first. VERONICA ROTH Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that dama... VERONICA ROTH She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recogniz... VERONICA ROTH The wish fulfillment of growing younger is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. You have n... ERIC ROTH