His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
VERONICA ROTHThere is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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Lies require commitment.
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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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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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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.
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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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Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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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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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.
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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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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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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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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to.
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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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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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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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