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.
VERONICA ROTHMaybe 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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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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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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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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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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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