Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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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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The 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.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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Shh,” 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.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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