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.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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 am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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