I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTHIt’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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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 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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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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He 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.
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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