But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
VERONICA ROTHI watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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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 know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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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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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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