His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
VERONICA ROTHNot writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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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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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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My 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.
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It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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