Cyra Noavek Quotes

“Sometimes she still said things that wounded me. And not because they were lies.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“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

“Life is full of pain', I had told Akos, trying to draw him back from depression. 'Your capacity for bearing it is greater than you believe.' And I had been right.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“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

“Find another reason to go on,' I said. 'It doesn't have to be a good one, or a noble one. It just has to be a reason.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“I paused. I was tempted to call Akos a friend, but it seemed too simple for what he had been to me, too small a word.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“He had no fragile illusions about my goodness, destined to shatter when he found out the truth. But he accepted me anyway. Care about me anyway,”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“Embrace the uncertainty.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“Now is not the time for this debate!'
'Cyra' he said, and he touched my arm, his tough light as ever 'Now is the *only* time for this debate. How can we talk about where we're going now, what we're doing now, if we haven't talked about who--and what--we *are* now?”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide