Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
-
-
I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTH -
Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
VERONICA ROTH -
Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
VERONICA ROTH -
We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
VERONICA ROTH -
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.
VERONICA ROTH -
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 ROTH -
I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
VERONICA ROTH -
I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
VERONICA ROTH -
Resisting is worth doing.
VERONICA ROTH -
There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
VERONICA ROTH -
It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
VERONICA ROTH -
At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
VERONICA ROTH -
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.
VERONICA ROTH -
Reading is such a huge part of my life.
VERONICA ROTH -
When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
VERONICA ROTH






