Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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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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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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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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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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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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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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