The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
VERONICA ROTHSince I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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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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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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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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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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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