My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
VERONICA ROTHMy name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
VERONICA ROTHThat’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
VERONICA ROTH…there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTHI can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
VERONICA ROTHNo matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
VERONICA ROTHI wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTHThe 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.
VERONICA ROTHMy mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
VERONICA ROTHI’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
VERONICA ROTHIn ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
VERONICA ROTHI have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
VERONICA ROTHI feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHWithout a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHWe are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
VERONICA ROTH