I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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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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I feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
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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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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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