“He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight for a few seconds. His breaths tickle my ear, and I close… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Simulation Tobias kisses my neck. I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“... how often is it possible to see the big picture, really?" Rachel said. "Things happen fast. You just have to make… — K. A. Applegate Copy Share Image
That became my aesthetic - a very Chekhovian, American realist aesthetic in the tradition of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, and Tobias Wolff.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
“I don't hate anybody," Tobias said calmly. "It's strange, but right now, I don't even hate the Yeerks. It's like, they're trying… — K. A. Applegate Copy Share Image
I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I was Jake's insurance policy. He thought maybe he wouldn't have to use me. He hoped, anyway. But down deep he knew,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I haven't the stature to critique one of our literature's great novels, Tobias; and I'm not one of those who believe The… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
“Elfangor laughed in my mind. "You don't have to give up your principles to win. Isn't there always an alternative to sacrifice… — K. A. Applegate Copy Share Image
Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was...… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me, but I thought it was because of my father, or my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And when we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently we might have ended up doing… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You could just do the work, you know,' I say. 'You could make better decisions, make a better life.' 'Yeah, I could,'… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
