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.
VERONICA ROTHHe stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
-
-
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
VERONICA ROTH -
Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
VERONICA ROTH -
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
VERONICA ROTH -
Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
VERONICA ROTH -
Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTH -
I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
VERONICA ROTH -
He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
VERONICA ROTH -
It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
VERONICA ROTH -
“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
VERONICA ROTH -
Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
VERONICA ROTH -
You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
VERONICA ROTH -
In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
VERONICA ROTH -
It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
VERONICA ROTH -
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTH -
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.
VERONICA ROTH