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.
VERONICA ROTHI want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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Lies require commitment.
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To 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.
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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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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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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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