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.
VERONICA ROTHYou don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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I 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.
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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 kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn’t care how much money a person makes.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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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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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
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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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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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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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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