To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
VERONICA ROTHAll 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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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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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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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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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
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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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