Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTHI wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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Then I realize what it is. It’s him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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Lies require commitment.
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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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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
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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 know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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“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.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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