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.
VERONICA ROTHI feel it racing through me, eating away at the weight. There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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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I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks. “I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind.
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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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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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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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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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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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