…there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTHTo live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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There 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.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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I 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.
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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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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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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.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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