I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTHI am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTHBecause even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
VERONICA ROTHHis 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.
VERONICA ROTHPeople, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
VERONICA ROTHThere is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
VERONICA ROTH…there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTHTo find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
VERONICA ROTHHe is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
VERONICA ROTHI think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
VERONICA ROTHI know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
VERONICA ROTHBut now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
VERONICA ROTHOne choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
VERONICA ROTHPart of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTHYou 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 ROTHSometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
VERONICA ROTHI am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
VERONICA ROTH