…there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTHSometimes 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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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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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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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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A 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.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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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.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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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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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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