I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
VERONICA ROTHIt reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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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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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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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 also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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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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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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