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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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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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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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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Choices can be made again.” -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still swollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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