“Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“When she’s close enough, she extends her hand. “Hello, my name is Natalie. I’m Beatrice’s mother.” Beatrice. That name is so wrong for her.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“She's right, she hardly knows me. But still: Her heart is racing.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“It's over," I say, wincing- she punches harder than she realizes. I ignore the pain and run a hand over her hair, because I'm stupid, and inappropriate, and stupid...”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“I am not a perfect Dauntless member; I am someone who believes that more than one virtue should be prized; I am Divergent.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“Fear doesn't shut you down, (...) it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding,”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but opened is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.”
― Jodi Picoult, quote from Salem Falls
“My plans were vague. I talked liberty to many of my friends and, you know how it is, when one talks liberty everything seems beautifully simple. One expects all gates to open and all walls to fall flat and all voices to shout for joy.”
― Robert Graves, quote from Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
“I know you deserve to be happy. I know you deserve someone… better, but I’m selfish. I want you. I want you bad enough to try and be someone better.”
― C.J. Roberts, quote from Epilogue
“و هذا الاحساس كان قد استيقظ في نفسي منذ زمن بعيد ، و هو أنني كنت أتحلل و أنا حي ، و لم يكن هناك توافق بين جسمي وقلبي ، وليس هذا فحسب ، بل بين روحي و قلبي ، كنت اجتاز دائما نوعا من الفصام و التحلل الغريب ، و أحيانا كنت أفكر في أشياء لا أستطيع أنا نفسي أن أصدقها”
― Sadegh Hedayat, quote from The Blind Owl
“Los dioses nos dan a los enanos unos centímetros de más aquí abajo para compensar los que nos quitan de altura.”
― Kate Quinn, quote from Mistress of Rome
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