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.
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
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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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 am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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I think they’re going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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The truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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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.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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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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