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Away Quotes by Veronica Roth
- I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
- Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.
- Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my…
- I stare at him. I feel my heartbeat everywhere, even in my toes. I feel like doing something bold, but I could just as easily…
- You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my…
- It must be because you're so approachable", I say flatly. "You know, like a bed of nails." He stares at me, and I don't look…
- Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how smart he is…
- I kiss him as the train slides into unlit, uncertain land. I kiss him for as long as I want, for longer than I should,…
- Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
- I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent…
- I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is next, I will…
- I know that I am birdlike, made narrow and small as if for taking flight, built straight-waisted and fragile. But when he touches me like…
- What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he…
- I will be my undoing, If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love, If I do not serve them. I will…
- No one's perfect," I whisper. "It doesn't work that way. One bad thing goes away, and another bad thing replaces it." I traded cowardice for…
- I’d ask you to hang out with us, but you’re not supposed to see me this way.’… ‘What way?’ I ask. ‘Drunk?’ ‘Yeah…well, no.’ His…
- I cross my arms. "It was a two minute conversation." "I don't think a smaller time frame makes it less unwise." He furrows his eyebrows…
- She walks away, and I am too stunned to follow her. At the end of the hallways she turns and says, "Have a piece of…
- I shift from one foot to the other, trying to get a good look at him. When I finally do, I look away. His eyes…
- Too bad you didn't just take Max up on his offer, Four. Well, too bad for you, anyway," says Eric quietly as he clicks the…
- Why did you do it?" I say. "You want me dead. You were willing to do it yourself! What changed?" He presses his lips together…
- I met him while I was imprisoned," I say, and my voice sounds far away even to me. "I was just curious." "I wouldn't judge…
- The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it," I say. "Stay away from him…
- He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in…
- You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?
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- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
- The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. — Mary Astell
- I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more… — Chinua Achebe
- Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing… — Chinua Achebe
- We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups. — Margaret Atwood
- I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader.… — Margaret Atwood
- I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right… — Margaret Atwood
- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight… — Marcus Aurelius
- The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. — Marcus Aurelius