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.
VERONICA ROTHThere are so many ways to be brave in this world.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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My 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.
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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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