I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
VERONICA ROTHI don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
VERONICA ROTHLies require commitment.
VERONICA ROTHChange, like healing, takes time.
VERONICA ROTHHuman reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
VERONICA ROTHWe believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTHCruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
VERONICA ROTHI wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTHA 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.
VERONICA ROTHIt doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
VERONICA ROTHThen 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.
VERONICA ROTHIn ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
VERONICA ROTHI watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
VERONICA ROTHThe 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.
VERONICA ROTHDesperation can make a person do surprising things.
VERONICA ROTHThere are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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