His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
VERONICA ROTH…there is power in self-sacrifice.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
-
-
There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
VERONICA ROTH -
I 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 ROTH -
You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
VERONICA ROTH -
We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
VERONICA ROTH -
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.
VERONICA ROTH -
When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
VERONICA ROTH -
What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
VERONICA ROTH -
Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
VERONICA ROTH -
Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
VERONICA ROTH -
I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
VERONICA ROTH -
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.
VERONICA ROTH -
Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
VERONICA ROTH -
I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
VERONICA ROTH -
The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
VERONICA ROTH -
No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
VERONICA ROTH