You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
VERONICA ROTHSorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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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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