Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
VERONICA ROTHMy 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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 feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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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