In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
VERONICA ROTH…there is power in self-sacrifice.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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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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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.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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Lies require commitment.
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