I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
VERONICA ROTHShh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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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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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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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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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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