Carve The Mark Quotes

“It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.'"

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― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“You're desperate, and so am I,' I said. 'Desperate people make stupid decisions all the time.'"

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― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“I sprinted down the alley, not fast enough to avoid the cold water rolling down my back, with a childlike shriek. I caught his arm by the elbow, and we ran together, through the singing crowd, past swaying elders, men and women dancing too close, irritable off-planet visitors trying to cover up their wares in the market. We splashed through bright blue puddles, soaking our clothes. And we were both, for once, laughing.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn't enough space in my mind to put all those pieces together, to find words to summarise the whole of it. But the "keep going" part, I knew the words for.

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― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“You know,' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'

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― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.”
― Veronica Roth

“It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark