Change, like healing, takes time.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that “something” is a fake bathroom break.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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I don’t want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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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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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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