Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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