My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.
Veronica RothBut when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what you've done.
Veronica RothI am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.
Veronica RothHe gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I don't understand this, whatever it is. But I don't want to ruin it, so I say nothing. He doesn't move; he just stays there with his mouth pressed to my skin, and I stay there with my hands on his waist, for a long time.
Veronica Roth