Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
VERONICA ROTHIn ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test – a vicious, predatory stare. She wants to rip me to pieces. I can’t lie down in submission now. I have become an attack dog too.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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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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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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