I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
VERONICA ROTHDo I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I’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.
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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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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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.
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