Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
VERONICA ROTHI have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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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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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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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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Change, like healing, takes time.
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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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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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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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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 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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It 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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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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