What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
VERONICA ROTHWe 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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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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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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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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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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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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