"The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back...it hurts."
"I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile."
3 likes
Source: Vernor Vinge (2010). “A Fire Upon The Deep”, p.428, Macmillan
About the author
Same author
More quotes by Veronica Roth
"Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time."
"Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them."
"It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free."
"I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be."
"Change, like healing, takes time."