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.
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.
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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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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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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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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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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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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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Lies require commitment.
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He stares at me, and I don’t look away. He isn’t a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.
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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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