We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
VERONICA ROTHI 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.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It’s my choice.
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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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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
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Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.
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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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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 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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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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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 am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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Change, like healing, takes time.
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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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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