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 ROTHMy mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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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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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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