Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
VERONICA ROTHI feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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 am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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