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 ROTHMy mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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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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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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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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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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