It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
VERONICA ROTHIt’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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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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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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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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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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.
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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 don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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